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Current Issue - December 2009

Sentencing law repeal edges closer to governor's desk
Mandatory minimum sentencing, a divisive policy that for the past generation has imprisoned large numbers of urban minorities in New Jersey on drug-related charges, appears all but certain to be overturned by the time Gov. Jon Corzine leaves office early next year.

Reentry legislation's progress
As the Legislature prepared to break for the holidays, the question remained as to whether the new year would bring an overhaul of New Jersey’s corrections policies to assist offenders with reentry and thereby reduce recidivism.

Advocacy Leaders put addiction issues at forefront of DHS hearings
In years past, budget hearings for the Department of Human Services have been known for a deafening silence when it came to the need to fund addiction treatment services.

State House reentry rally is training ground for leaders as they learn legislative ropes
When the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-New Jersy’s 2009 Class of Advocacy Leaders came to the State House on Dec. 7 for their second training, it is fair to say they got more than they bargained for.