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| SD DOC Given Authority Over Sobriety Program |
| By bbc.co.uk |
| Published: 10/27/2010 |
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The rural US state of South Dakota is curbing crime with a hardline programme aimed at problem drinkers. The scheme is catching the attention of policy makers in regions as far away as Hawaii and the UK, as the BBC's Catrin Nye reports. Laverne Volk walks in Sioux Falls jailhouse and up to a counter where he hands over his dollar bill and blows hard into a breathalyser. "Morning, Laverne," he is greeted. The women behind the counter here know him. They know most of the people on the programme by name. They see them every day, twice a day. There's a click - the reading's zero. Volk, 47, walks swiftly out of the building, like most of the others who have blown into the breathalyser today. Read More. |
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