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Massachusetts prison loses drug counseling program
By MetroWest Daily News
Published: 10/13/2003

Women serving short sentences and looking to use prison time to kick drug addictions no longer have the support of a counseling program.
State budgets cuts forced the end of Victory Programs at MCI-Framingham, the only short-term drug counseling program available for women serving sentences of less than a year -- about 82 percent of the population, said Laura Letourneau, director of community relations for Victory.
Roseanne Pawelec, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Health, said the program started with $200,000 -- $160,00 from the DPH and the remainder from the Department of Corrections.
She said DPH ended up with a budget of $33 million, not the $37 million requested from the state.
The department cut Victory Programs at MCI-Framingham because it primarily provides counseling services. There are two other substance abuse programs at MCI but not for short-term prisoners.
Letourneau said the counseling program serves about 300 inmates a year and helps inmates create a plan to get care in the community upon release.
Victory Programs has been run at MCI-Framingham for a decade. It also operates a half dozen sites outside the prison, where four staff were employed.
Michelle Borruso, director for Victory Programs at MCI-Framingham, said the counseling was eliminated because state budget cuts impacted the DPH's Bureau of Substance Abuse Services.
When the program ended Sept. 30, Borruso said there was a waiting list of 100 women, even though the program closed admissions at the end of August. Group counseling lasted six to 10 weeks, and the program was voluntary.
Justin Latini, a spokesman for the Department of Correction, said it is working on finding funds to continue some of the counseling services.

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