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| Henrico inmates put to work in jail's latest drug rehab program |
| By nbc12.com- Ashley Monfort |
| Published: 05/03/2017 |
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Henrico's sheriff is finding success with a program to help inmates struggling with addiction to heroin and opioids. Not only are inmates treated for the physical and mental signs of addiction, they also get the tools necessary to avoid returning to prison. That means being put to work. Behind bars, there are hundreds of Henrico inmates addicted to heroin or opioid painkillers. One of them is Breanna Ash, a military wife and mother of three children. "I was taking pills every three hours, just to be able to function," says Ash. "Nobody knew. That's how well I kept it a secret." Ash says after she was diagnosed with Lupus, a doctor prescribed percocet. She says when the prescription ran out, she turned to buying pills on the street to feed her addiction. She was arrested for the first time when she was 26 years old. Read More. |
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