Breaking Free

More support needed for drug recovery, advocates say

  • Recovery pod inmate Johnell Williams embraces recovery specialist Ronnie Tomas during a celebration of inmates' progress at the Putnam County Jail last week.
    Recovery pod inmate Johnell Williams embraces recovery specialist Ronnie Tomas during a celebration of inmates' progress at the Putnam County Jail last week.
  • Recovery pod inmate Donna Duckworth speaks with Maj. Scott Surrency, second from the right, and Col. Joe Wells, far right, following Sheriff Gator DeLoach's speech at the Putnam County Jail last week.
    Recovery pod inmate Donna Duckworth speaks with Maj. Scott Surrency, second from the right, and Col. Joe Wells, far right, following Sheriff Gator DeLoach's speech at the Putnam County Jail last week.
  • Amber Gilbert, executive director of the sober living facility Recovery Point, helps her husband Corban Gilbert lay flooring earlier this month at a "recovery community center" that Amber Gilbert plans to open in a few weeks.
    Amber Gilbert, executive director of the sober living facility Recovery Point, helps her husband Corban Gilbert lay flooring earlier this month at a "recovery community center" that Amber Gilbert plans to open in a few weeks.
Sweet tea, chips and a cake reading “congratulations graduates” filled a table at the Putnam County Jail last Wednesday as sheriff’s office officials addressed a roomful of inmates. “How many times…

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