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Rehabilitation programs
Ossining, NY
Lifestyle
Film Based On Rehabilitation Program At Ossining's Sing Sing Prison Gets Re-Release
A movie based on events at a maximum security prison in the Hudson Valley that may be a major Oscars contender is set to be re-released in theaters, according to reports. "Sing Sing," based on the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in the Northern Westchester village of Ossining, will again be released in theaters on Friday, Jan. 17, Variety reported. The film, originally released by A24 on Friday, July 12, follows an inmate named Divine G (played by Colman Domingo) who joins a theatre group with fellow prisoners after being imprisoned at …
White Plains, NY
News
'Fresh Start': Westchester County Second-Chance Program Celebrates Success A Year In
A year after the launch of the "Fresh Start" program, which offers low-level offenders counseling and rehabilitation instead of fines and incarceration, Westchester County officials are celebrating its success. Since being launched in October 2021, the program has been completed by close to 200 participants, according to an announcement by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office from Tuesday, Nov. 22. "Through our successful partnership with county government and law enforcement, this program allows non-violent individuals facing low-level charges an opportunity to res…
Massapequa, NY
News
'Murdered By A Man He Sought To Help': Killer Sentenced In Stabbing Of NY Church Deacon
Patrick Logsdon knew the man who stabbed him with a kitchen knife more than 20 times, ultimately taking his life. The 68-year-old Catholic deacon on Long Island was running a transitional home in Nassau County, on East Roosevelt Avenue in Roosevelt, when he was murdered by a resident in November 2017, the Nassau County DA’s Office said. His killer, 51-year-old Andre Patton, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday, Aug. 17, two months after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Prosecutors said Patton was staying at Anthony House, a transitional…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen Sheriff Provides Anti-Heroin Drug To Eligible Jail Inmates
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino's staff this week began offering the anti-heroin drug Vivitrol to addicted inmates. “This is just another tool that we can offer with our partners to break the deadly cycle of addiction in our communities,” Saudino said. Eligible inmates enrolled in a program to reintegrate them into society who are struggling with opioid/heroin addiction are being offered the drug. The first two participants are already being monitored "to support them and to measure the impact of this initiative," the sheriff said. The injectable Vivitr…
