Bill would expand addiction treatment behind bars

Tom Dalton, executive director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, is calling for expanded treatment for opiate addicts in prison. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger
A reform group is pushing for an immediate expansion of medication-assisted treatment for prisoners addicted to opioids.
Tom Dalton, executive director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, says offering treatment even to those who weren’t receiving it before being arrested is “the single most important thing