They turned to addiction treatment in California prisons. Did it hurt their shot at parole? Signing up for substance use disorder treatment in California prisons involves taking more frequent drug tests. The results, which are prone to error, can set back a prisoner's chance for freedom.

People getting treatment for substance use disorder in prison should be incentivized to do so. Treatment providers use drug tests to measure compliance, but the results of these tests are being used to deny parole. This policy gets it exactly backwards. #CDCR #parole #drugpolicy

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