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said. “Plus jail is not the place for drunks,” he added.
According to figures from the State Crime Commission, approximately 60 percent of all arrests in Virginia are for drunkeness. “The figures are incredible. If police officers go the full route, book someone for public drunkeness and admit the person to jail, it takes up 40 minutes to an hour of their time for each case.”
Impetus for Guest’s proposal came from a pilot program for a detoxification center in Winchester funded through a federal grant from the Division of Justice and Criminal Planning (DJCP). That city’s center, an old house converted into semidormitories, and a satellite center in Front Royal were “very well received,” Guest said. The centers are staffed by personnel trained to identify medical problems associated with alcohol abuse rather than by nurses and doctors and work closely with local hospitals and rescue squads.
Guest described the center program as “a first step” toward combating alcoholism as well as a means to reduce overcrowding in jails. ‘‘There’s no treatment as such provided at the centers but hopeful'y, the staff there will steer drunks toward counseling.”
Grants for detoxification centers will be administered by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services under plans requested from
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