No Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences for Drugs Holders?

No Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Drugs Holders? – The Justice Department is planning to alter its policy on charging some drug offenders so that they will no longer face mandatory minimum prison sentences, a…

Warrant filed for baby's medical records

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

In the Wilkes-Barre case from 2009, Tamika Johnson was sentenced to 1½ to three years in prison, although she spent some of that time in a work-release program. Child services required Johnson to undergo drug and alcohol treatment, a mental health …
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Codefendants handed lengthy sentence in federal drug case

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Two codefendants in a federal drug case were handed lengthy prison sentences Monday for conspiring to sell heroin in Northumberland and Columbia counties. Renard Durant, 27, will serve 8 1/2 years and Gilberto Lanzot Jr., 33, will serve 5 1/4 years …
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