Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Visits Waiawa Prison

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa visits Waiawa Prison – Hollywood actor and star of ‘Balls of Fury’ and ‘Street Fighter’, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa visited 200 inmates at the Waiawa Correctional Facility in Honolulu Hawaii. Tagawa’s visit was a treat for graduates of ‘Kashbox’ Drug Treatment Program. Photographer: Jacob Unger Editor: Jacob Unger Reporter: Kristine Uyeno Original Air-Date: 10-05-07

Drug dealer sentenced to prison in 2007 OD death

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Braun said there aren't any drug treatment programs in prison due to a tight budget. Officials in the district attorney's office previously told The Capital-Journal that several criminal cases based on the theory that a victim died of drugs received …
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Rags to riches? Sort of

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Now, reading the story, I can't help but get the impression that Oregon's prisons have both vocational and drug-treatment programs that aim to help inmates go straight on their release. California? Not so much. But I noticed another thing about Dahl in …
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