Getting Over Addiction in Prison

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By Lisa Peakes on Wednesday, December 1, 2004.
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Quite often, some sort of chemical addiction is responsible for the behavior that puts people behind bars. Glenn Mathews works with inmates at the New Hampshire State Prison for men. He tries to get them to leave their addictions behind. Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes talks with Mathews about his job, and what it's like to help people who have hit rock bottom.

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