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| Drug treatment rare in prison — for now |
| By daytondailynews.com- Amanda Seitz |
| Published: 04/06/2015 |
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State officials plan to funnel millions of additional dollars into drug treatment programs to help more addicted men and women who come through the system every year, says the head of Ohio’s prisons. Only a small percentage of Ohio inmates currently get access to drug treatment, according to Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He estimates that 30,000 inmates need treatment for drug or alcohol addictions, but the state currently can afford to treat only 4,500. “What we’ve been doing is illogical,” said Mohr, adding that inmates’ heroin addictions have been particularly taxing on the prison system and difficult to treat. “The hope is that we’re going to help people, but we’re also going to reduce recidivism,” Mohr said. “This darn heroin is so intense … once you’re addicted, nothing else compares. It takes an extraordinary measure of treatment to reduce this.” Read More. |
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