A Carbon County woman was sentenced to a county prison term on Monday on charges of having illegal substances in the county prison, leaving a rehabilitation facility before completing the program and not reporting back to jail as ordered, and assaulting a man during a drug deal gone bad.

Judge Joseph J. Matika sentenced Alexis Marie Goldberg, 35, of Lansford, to serve a total of one day less 12 to one day less 24 months in prison followed by two years of probation. She previously pleaded to charges of possession of contraband in a prison, simple assault and escape.Goldberg admitted getting an illegal substance from another inmate at the prison and ingesting it. The incident occurred on Feb. 24, 2014.She also admitted assaulting James Kutchera in the area of 146 W. Patterson St. in Lansford. Borough police said the assault was the result of a drug deal gone bad when Goldberg and co-defendants were making a drug purchase and thought they were "shortchanged" in the transaction. That occurred on Jan. 30, 2014.She was furloughed from the county prison on Oct. 3, 2014, to enter a Salvation Army drug rehab program. The court order furloughing her stated if she left the facility before completing the program she had to report back to the prison immediately. She left the program but did not return to the prison and was later arrested on a warrant charging her with escape.On Monday, defense attorney Stephen Vlossak Sr. told Matika, "She had a lot of problems but she is not the same person today."Speaking on behalf of Goldberg was Cheryl Donavan, who is a drug counselor at the prison. She said Goldberg not only completed all the counseling sessions and programs at the prison but asked to continue after she was done. Donavan also said Goldberg now counsels others at the prison with drug addictions."I've done some things I'm not proud of. I want to apologize to the people I have hurt and hope they can forgive me sometime," Goldberg told the court.She said she was working hard to get her life back. She added, "I believe I have a lot of potential to do good in my life. I'm not the same person I was 17 months ago."Matika said when he reviews a presentence investigation report that is prepared by the adult probation office of a person scheduled for sentencing, he looks at the "good and the bad." He said what Goldberg has done over the past months in addressing her addiction was good, but he said the court can't ignore the fact she was using drugs and had 100 bags of heroin when arrested.He told the defendant, "You hit rock bottom, the hard way, but perhaps it was fortunate for you." He said her work to free her addiction only occurred after her arrest and incarceration.In addition to the jail term, Matika ordered Goldberg to render a total of 175 hours of community service when paroled, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendations for treatment, zero tolerance imposed on drug and alcohol use, supply a DNA sample, pay restitution of $465, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and probation. On a summary charge of disorderly conduct Matika imposed a fine of $25.She was given credit for 299 days already spent in prison on the charges.