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Prisons to treat meth addicts: State plans to open 2 facilities devoted to drug treatment.

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| January 16, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Christi Parsons

Jan. 16--The state will open two 200-bed prison units devoted entirely to treating methamphetamine addicts over the next two years, aides to Gov. Rod Blagojevich said last week . One unit will open this year at Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center in East St. Louis, which Blagojevich also plans to turn into a center dedicated to drug treatment. The other unit will open next year at the Sheridan Correctional Center in Sheridan, a drug-treatment prison that the governor plans to expand to its full capacity of 1,300 next year. That will make it the largest inmate drug-treatment program of its kind in the nation, according to…

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