A 30-day suspension is usually given to second-time offenders in drug or alcohol abuse cases.

First and second-time offenders were sent to seven of the twelve prisons.

First-time offenders are allowed to seek treatment without formal disciplinary action, and a second-time offender is suspended for 60 days.

For first- and second-time offenders, the punishment is caning.

Another Rockefeller-era law greatly increases time for second-time offenders.

Under the program, first- or second-time offenders can be routed to the drug court.

"Why then should the second-time offender be foreclosed from waiving his rights on the matter for which he was detained?"

Manley, who was treated for drug abuse two years ago, was given a 30-day suspension as a second-time offender in July 1988.

She added, "We want fines assessed, community service hours ordered and jail time for second-time offenders.

Thousands of other inmates are in the prison system under another Rockefeller-era law that applies to second-time offenders.