SHERIFF DART OPENS NEW JAIL SPACE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN – Pregnant women awaiting trial at the Cook County Jail will now be housed together in one area specifically designed to meet their pre-natal needs, part of a …

 

Lock-up shake up

Filed under: substance abuse counselors

The new jail would be built with somewhere between 481 and 688 beds, based on a lower calculated projected need, and more space would be devoted to programs like substance abuse education, parenting programs, or counseling. San Francisco …
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I-Team: Addiction Clinic Accused of Inflating Medicaid Bills, Again

Filed under: substance abuse counselors

One of the busiest drug counseling centers in New York schedules unnecessary and sometimes unproductive appointments for its clients, inflating the Medicaid bills that get passed along to the taxpayer, former clients and employees of the center allege.
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