State Highlights: Calif. Immigrant Licensing; Calif. Offenders Mental Health …

State Highlights: Calif. Immigrant Licensing; Calif. Offenders Mental Health …
Local-government officials, residents, civil-rights activists and mental-health experts around the country differ on how best to handle criminal offenders with addiction and mental-health problems. Some leaders argue in favor of treatment within … Read more on Kaiser Health News

Meet the candidate: Charlie Smith for state's attorney
My office is successful in obtaining long sentences for drug dealers, while at the same time rehabilitating low-level offenders through our Drug Court Treatment Program. Having a sister …. Capt. LEIGH MADDOX, retired, Maryland State Police, Baltimore … Read more on Frederick News Post (subscription)

Urban Green: Hoop houses replace row houses in Baltimore's Sandtown
The pastor of Newborn Community Faith Church and co-founder of the nonprofit Newborn Holistic Ministries, Harris runs Martha's Place (a drug addiction and homelessness recovery program for women) and Jubilee Arts (which offers programs in dance, visual … Read more on Al Jazeera America