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Cousins plans detox ward at Middleton jail
By newburyportnews.com- Christian M. Wade
Published: 06/29/2015

BOSTON — Responding to a scourge of heroin and opioid addiction, the head of one of the state’s largest jails wants to build a detox unit to treat addicts awaiting court dates for minor, drug-related offenses.

Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins is asking the state for permission — and money — to construct a 42-bed detox unit at the Middleton House of Corrections.

“These are the people who are arrested for possession of drugs while committing quality of life crimes,” Cousins said in an interview. “We need to get these people out of the jail cells and into treatment.”

The ward, which would be the first of its kind in Massachusetts, would cost about $2 million a year to staff and operate, he said.

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