Washington DC Adult Entertainment: Day Report Center to hold roundtable discussion
Written on September 3, 2010 – 12:13 pm | by larrylibido
The alternative sentencing program has two goals: to save the counties $48 a day for each nonviolent offender they keep out of jail, and to enable the offenders to get their lives straightened out and eventually walk away without a criminal record.
Most offenders have bouts with the law because of drug and alcohol abuse, Sacchet said.
The centers programs include Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, anger management, counseling for drug and alcohol abuse, problem gambling counseling, life skills, individual and group therapy, and community service.
Some clients have been convicted and many about 60 percent are referred to the center, where they can avoid conviction if they complete its programs, Sacchet said.
Their crimes include substance abuse, larceny, robbery, prescription fraud, drug possession and/or distribution, prostitution and embezzlement, Sacchet said.