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No. 2 Nevada Assembly Democrat reacts to Mexico trip
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/02/13/34442.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News
No. 2 Nevada Assembly Democrat reacts to Mexico trip
A legislative trip to a Mexico prison to view an alternative drug
treatment program developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard was
termed inappropriate Thursday by the Assembly's second-ranking
Democrat.
Assembly Majority Leader Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, said the
program is scientifically invalid and undercuts other state efforts.
"I think this legislature has a true commitment to the rehabilitation
of prisoners, especially those who are drug addicts,"Buckley said.
"If anything, why aren't we working on expanding (drug courts and
mental health courts)? Why would we adopt an experimental, gimmicky
program that has absolutely no scientific validation for it. All the
studies seem to be done by Scientology efforts."
Buckley also said it's ironic Nevada would look to Mexico prisons for
ways to handle drug addiction.
Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, R-Reno, tried to set up the 1-day trip to
Ensenada State Prison to promote her plan for establishing the Second
Chance Program for Nevada's female prison population.
Angle said she's unhappy with Buckley's reaction to the program,
saying it could be"like a bridge across the border."
She hopes to take up to 35 legislators to the prison on March 1, but
only a few had signed up. And Buckley's statement was a clear warning
to the 23 Assembly Democrats to avoid the trip.
The program has been operating in the prison since 1995 and claims a
10 percent recidivism rate for inmates participating in the program.
The trip would be funded by Arizona businessman Randall Suggs. Angle
wouldn't reveal any additional information about the donor.
The Second Chance Program detoxifies inmates by administering vitamin
and mineral supplements, massage and sauna treatments to drain the
body of drug residue, according to the program's brochure.
The program then includes an education component, followed by a
self-respect component based on Hubbard's text"The Way to
Happiness". The self-respect module also includes one-on-one
interviews with a guidance counselor.
The program ends with a life skills component, training inmates on how
to evaluate other people and how to change unwanted conditions of
their lives. Inmates are then expected to take the program back into
their communities upon their release.
Angle has twice visited the Ensenada prison, once with a group of
women legislators, and another time with Nevada Department of
Corrections Director Jackie Crawford.
Crawford was planning on attending the trip, but decided to remain
behind since she had already seen the facility.
The Second Chance Program is licensed by the criminal rehabilitation
group Criminon International, a child of NARCONON International, a
drug rehabilitation program. Both groups employ Hubbard's teachings in
their rehabilitation efforts and are heavily promoted by the Church of
Scientology.
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2/13/2003 05:45 pm
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