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Atlantic County inmates first in state to get mobile methadone program
By pressofatlanticcity.com- Nicole Leonard
Published: 08/17/2017

MAYS LANDING—One by one, inmates at the Atlantic County Justice Facility made their way outside in a secured area on a recent Wednesday and stepped into a bus from the John Brooks Recovery Center for their daily dose of methadone.

The inmates are the first in the state to get methadone, a medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction, from a mobile service while behind bars. The jail and the recovery center teamed up for the state’s pilot program in order to bridge the gap in services for incarcerated addicts.

“This is a cause near and dear to my heart,” said Geraldine Cohen, jail warden. “My son has been in recovery for 13 years with help from methadone. He’s now got a really good job, bought a house and is getting married. Hopefully, we can help more people like my son with this program.”

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