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| Incapacitated challenging state |
| By Burlington Free Press |
| Published: 04/08/2008 |
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VERMONT - When 10 concert-goers had more alcohol than they could handle Friday night at St. Michael's College, three of them landed in beds at a Burlington alcohol treatment facility. Seven went to the state prison in South Burlington. The outcome was typical of what happens to "incapacitated" people, but there is growing sentiment among state officials that the strain it puts on the overtaxed prison system is unacceptable. Legislators are considering a bill that would declare that, by 2010, state prisons will no longer take publicly inebriated people. The bill would create a task force to figure out by January what to do with them instead. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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