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| Kennebec jail program gives new hope for inmates fighting addiction |
| By wcsh6.com- Don Carrigan |
| Published: 05/29/2014 |
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AUGUSTA, Maine NEWS CENTER) -- Ten jail inmates started what they hope will be new lives on Wednesday, thanks to a program that makes them confront drug and alcohol addiction. The program at the Kennebec County Jail involves almost six weeks of intense therapy, followed by continued therapy and counseling after they are released. Sheriff Randy Liberty says he started the program in 2010, because so much of the crime in Kennebec County was related to opiate addiction. " We arrest opiate addicts and traffickers," says Liberty, " we incarcerate them without programming they will return to the community and continue to offend." Read More. |
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