Breaking Free

Jail program combats sources of substance use

  • Inmates in the Putnam County Jail’s Insight Recovery Pod listen to Jessica Boykin, right, a peer specialist at Shining Light Peer Services, read from a book Monday morning.
    Inmates in the Putnam County Jail’s Insight Recovery Pod listen to Jessica Boykin, right, a peer specialist at Shining Light Peer Services, read from a book Monday morning.
  • Thomas Sheppard, a graduate of the Putnam County Jail's recovery pod, works on his laptop at Recovery Point.
    Thomas Sheppard, a graduate of the Putnam County Jail's recovery pod, works on his laptop at Recovery Point.
  • Inmate Gray Hedstrom pets the men's recovery pod's dog, Hope, at the Putnam County Jail on Monday morning.
    Inmate Gray Hedstrom pets the men's recovery pod's dog, Hope, at the Putnam County Jail on Monday morning.
Thomas Sheppard could have been a free man. The Interlachen resident, facing drug and property crime charges, was on track to plead into drug court Nov. 17, 2021. This would have released him from…

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