These New Yorkers Went to Prison Over and Over. Then This Thing Happened.

Published February 8, 2014

These New Yorkers went to prison over and over. Then this thing happened. – New York State is paying top dollar to imprison people suffering from addiction and mental illness. Is that the best use of taxpayer money? Alternatives to I…

Former Nyack psychiatrist gets probation for selling oxy scripts

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

A psychiatrist once associated with the Nyack Hospital drug-treatment program has been sentenced to probation, community service and fined $ 5,000 for selling drug prescriptions worth millions of dollars. Dr. David Brizer, 60, received the non-jail …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 3 years of probation for role in armed robbery

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Caleb Christopher Mar Sheridan was sentenced to three years of probation by District Judge Paula Martin on Friday and will begin his sentence after entering a 30-day inpatient treatment program in Kansas City, Kan. “I'm just really ready to move on to …
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