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Drug Rehab Arizona
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We design personalized treatment programs to provide each abuser with the greatest chance of a successful recovery outcome. Our comprehensive networking system works hand in hand with all of the drug treatment centers in Arizona. At Drug Rehab Arizona we know that each individual is unique and are treated as such. Deciding upon a treatment option in Arizona, or anywhere can be a daunting task for any individual or family, we will guide you through each step of a comprehensive treatment plan for you or your loved one. We are determined in our mission, that every drug and/or alcohol abuser in Arizona. that has a desire to change their life will be given a chance to recover from their addiction and we are dedicated to ensuring that they are given the opportunity to do so.
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Women doing hard time in ArizonaPERRYVILLE, Arizona - Colleen White didn't get a second chance. No shot at drug rehabilitation. No chance of probation.
In Arizona known for being tough on crime, in a nation that has declared war on drugs, White, 29, got caught with methamphetamines and joined a rapidly growing number of women landing behind bars with lengthy sentences and little chance of early release, even for non-violent crimes. Her children went to live with their aunt.
" It's so hard to pinpoint exactly how I got to that point," said White, who is serving five years in the Arizona State Prison at Perryville, west of Phoenix, Arizona for drug crimes. "I wasn't physically or emotionally abused at home. I have a very supportive family. I started hanging out with the wrong people, and I made some really bad decisions.
"Once is all it's going to take."
Women such as White have become the fastest-growing segment of Arizona's prison population. The percentage of female inmates is growing at a rate more than twice that of men.
Some say they get exactly what they deserve, but others question whether prison is really the answer for non-violent female offenders. Experts who work with and study female inmates say looking at alternatives to prison for some women and addressing the root causes of crime could lead to widespread reforms in incarceration that would relieve crowding in the nation's prisons.
The Arizona state Legislature will convene Monday in a special session that will include a proposed $26 million supplemental appropriation to the Department of Corrections to ease overcrowding, in part by adding beds. Perryville, Arizona like most prisons in the state of Arizona is overcrowded.
Arizona state's female prison population has increased nearly 58 percent in the past five years and more than tripled in the past 15. In 2002, 81 of every 100,000 female residents in Arizona were behind bars.
Yet, 80 percent of the imprisoned women, compared with 57 percent of men, are there for non-violent crimes.
"The real question is, Do these women pose a public safety risk to the people of Arizona? And the answer is clearly no," said Meda Chesney-Lind, a women's studies professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa and co-author of Invisible Punishment. "You're imprisoning women who don't need to be in prison, and it's the case across the nation."
But Dora Schriro, director of Arizona's Department of Corrections, said incarceration reflects the seriousness of the crime committed and "the community's response to that conduct." Arizona prison officials need to focus on using the time behind bars to prepare inmates to succeed when they go home, Schriro said.
"The way in which they come into crime is sometimes different," Schriro said of women. Sometimes they are the initiator, but they also are involved in crime because of significant others. They need to learn to make better decisions and to be accountable."
Inmates share similar traits
Many women behind bars share the same characteristics: They are overwhelmingly poor, uneducated and serving time for drug or property crimes. Sixty-eight percent are the primary caregiver for at least one minor child.
" That is probably one of the easiest populations to begin to target for ways to reduce the prison population," said Donna Hamm, executive director of Tempe-based Middle Ground Prison Reform.
"The vast majority are for drug possession, drug dealing and DUI. There's a relatively large number for theft and forgery and fraud. Certainly the drug possession, drug dealing and DUI could be dealt with in a more therapy and treatment oriented setting."
About 58 percent of Arizona state's 2,639 female inmates are classified as Level 1 or 2, meaning they pose minimal risk to the public.
An astounding two out of three women are in prison for technical violations of parole or probation. They didn't commit new crimes, they just failed to meet the conditions of their probation or parole. They may have missed a meeting, failed a drug test or refused to complete an ordered program.
"All the guards and all the locks and (prison) wire is superficial to someone who isn't a danger to the community to begin with," Hamm said.
Schriro said women fail at community supervision at a greater rate than men, and addressing why could eventually change that.
She wants to introduce "intermediate sanctions," intensive four-month prison stays, instead of the average 13.8 months, that would focus on areas where inmates failed on community supervision.
Schriro also said there needs to be more treatment, education and jobs in prison to better prepare inmates for release.
Critics say even more needs to be done. Consider:
• Women in prison have higher rates of physical and sexual abuse than men, with some studies estimating that more than half of the women serving time had been abused at least once before they were imprisoned, sometimes dating to childhood. Many women then turn to drugs to cope. These women, experts say, need treatment more than prison, but mandatory sentences land them behind bars and "truth in sentencing" statutes keep them there to serve 85 percent of their time.
• Women are over-represented in low-paying, law-status jobs and are more likely to live in poverty. According to the 2000 census, only 54 percent of Arizona females 16 and older were in the labor force. Females earned a median income of $26,777, compared with $35,184 for males. In addition, a quarter of families headed by women lived below the poverty level, more than for any other families or individuals. Such economic conditions can lead women to crimes such as theft, shoplifting, forgery and fraud, experts say.
"These women have a lot of shame and blame. You can say if you cared you wouldn't do drugs or be in prison, but that doesn't solve the problem. They do care as much as they know how," said Mary Hennessy, warden of the Santa Maria Unit, the female unit at the Perryville, Arizona prison.
"Values are learned when they're very young. If you didn't learn it when you're 5, 6, 7, it's hard to learn as an adult."
Gender-specific programs sought
Clearly, women need treatment programs that are gender-specific to address their circumstances and boost their self-esteem, and they need community programs to help them find safe housing and stable employment, Chesney-Lind said. Intensive supervision, rather then prison, would benefit women and eliminate some of the barriers they face when they are released.
They must be reunited with children, who have either been in foster care or living with relatives. And their prison record likely will make it more difficult for them to find jobs and housing and sometimes to obtain public assistance.
"The more productive approach would be to keep people in the community," said Ann Jacobs, executive director of the Women's Prison Association in New York. " I'm not saying to do nothing. But it makes a lot of sense to keep people in the communities they'll come back to and provide the support they need."
But it's a tough sell.
So women keep ending up in prison. On a recent day, Perryville had 2,454 inmates, 170 over its operating capacity. In June, 400 new beds will open.
Female inmates at Perryville are double-bunked in cells built for one, and 120 are sleeping in tents. There are bunk beds in dorms and mattresses in day rooms. There are lines for meals, lines for showers and even lines to get ice.
"Patience is a virtue," White said. "There's a line for everything. They're getting longer."
In the first seven months of this year, arrivals outpaced releases in every month except one. On average, 59 more women come in every month than go home.
Waiting lists for assistance
Warden Hennessy said there are waiting lists for just about every program the prison offers. And there are many, from GED classes to substance abuse counseling to family reunification programs to jobs.
"Everything we do really is geared toward transitioning back to the community and reducing recidivism," Hennessy said. "We haven't really accomplished our mission of public safety until we can send people back into the community who don't reoffend.
"They're thirsty for help and information. What is it I can do to stay out of prison? They really are truly interested in changing their lives. They just don't know how to do it."
Elaine Hooper, 37, has waited more than a month to take a test she must pass to take her GED.
Hooper, who is serving 2 1/2 years for identity theft, said she took names from her dead stepmother's notary ledger and used them to buy cellphones through the mail. She then resold the phones to help her father pay his mortgage.
"If you're overcrowded, then why do you keep sending them here, especially when it's not life threatening (crime)?" she asked. "If you think there's any kind of way they can be rehabilitated, go there first, give them a second or third chance. Maybe they just took a wrong turn."
Still, White credits prison with turning her life around. Before she was arrested in November 1998, she had been using methamphetamines daily for about two months, court records say. She said she never manufactured the drug in front of her two children, but chemicals and methamphetamines in various stages were found in her freezer, and there was drug paraphernalia around her home.
Because her then year-old son was with her when authorities raided her home, she was also charged with child abuse.
"I don't want to minimize anything I've done," White said. "It was just all about money and drugs. My kids, thank heavens, I still had a clear enough head to support my children and be with them every day. They were never harmed. Had I not been stopped, that might not have been the case."
White has earned her general equivalency diploma and is working on an associate's degree in computer science and organizational leadership.
White will be released in December. She plans to continue her education and spend time with her children.
"I just want to pick them up from school that day, and I want to play with them," White said. "I'm ready."
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