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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Hogan wants to turn closed city jail into treatment center

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is proposing some new initiatives to fight the opioid epidemic in 2018, including letting the Attorney General sue some opioid manufacturers and turning part of downtownBaltimore's defunct jail into a special treatment center.

The state will conduct a feasibility study on turning part of the former Baltimore City Men's Detention Center, part of the massive jail complex on Eager Street, into "a therapeutic detention facility to provide treatment for incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders and other behavioral health ailments," according to a press release Tuesday from Hogan's office.

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