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Criminal

Mar. 29, 2012

Public defender fights sheriff's drug policy for gays

A Riverside County deputy public defender's battle to force the local sheriff's department to admit gay inmates into its drug rehabilitation program is gaining steam.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


RIVERSIDE - A county deputy public defender's battle to force the sheriff's department to admit gay inmates into its drug rehabilitation program is gaining steam.


A judge recently granted a motion by the lawyer, Roger Tansey, to order sheriff's officials to explain why they won't admit gay inmates into their 180-day Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program as an incarcerati...

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