jailhouse redemption

Sheriff Karl Leonard’s law enforcement career in Chesterfield, VA has spanned four decades, with the last as sheriff with oversight to the county’s two jails. After learning that a staggering 80% of the men and women who enter his prisons are heroin addicts, Leonard made the bold move to step out of bounds and create a first of its kind recovery program to try to end the deadly cycle of arrests, time served with no treatment, release and repeat. “Jailhouse Redemption” documents the program Leonard created, Helping Addicts Recover Progressively (HARP), and his team who forge a path to recovery for addicts while running the day to day operations of HARP at the Chesterfield County Jail.

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