Inmates Learn to Kick Drugs

On Thursday, 28 inmates at the Lexington County Detention Center were graduated from two programs that teach them how to overcome their addictions to alcohol and drugs.

Lexington County Sheriff James Metts said 17 inmates graduated from U-Turn for Christ, a four-week, faith-based alcohol and drug abuse program that Calvary Chapel Church in Lexington administers at the county Detention Center. 

In addition, 12 inmates graduated from an eight-week alcohol and drug treatment program that LRADAC/The Behavioral Health Center of the Midlands administers at the Detention Center, Metts said. 

The Sheriff’s Department conducted a graduation ceremony for the inmates Thursday in a courtroom adjacent to the detention center.

During the LRADAC program, a clinical addictions counselor met for one hour once per week with the 12 inmates, Metts said. The alcohol and drug treatment program is designed to help inmates confront and conquer addictive compulsive behaviors that could lead them to commit additional crimes after they are released from the jail.

Inmates who participate in the alcohol and drug treatment program learn skills that will help them avoid situations in which their sobriety could be compromised after they are released from jail, Metts said. They also receive individual relapse prevention plans that will help them engage in healthy activities that do not include the use of alcohol or drugs.

Metts said the following 28 inmates successfully completed alcohol and drug treatment:

Ronnie Amick
Charlene DeJesus
Rose Lucas
Christina Garner
Jessica Craig
Angela Griffin
Julia Johnson
Shellie Davis
Gwendolyn Warr
Sarah Buckner
Lawanda Kinard
Tammy Powell
Shanell Smith
Katey Perkins
James Cannon
David Martin
Julius Bishop
Joshua Rampp
Victor Cornish
Zachery Wooten
Donnay Rikard
Nicholas Williams
James Fink
Nicholas Ellison
Eddie Alewine
Todd William
David Quattlebaum
Adam Luis