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A one-year pilot program that launched in Prince Albert earlier this month is providing paramedic services to people behind bars who are struggling with addictions.
The $300,000 program, which launched May 1, is funded by the province and aims to offer appropriate treatment in the cell block instead of sending people to the emergency room.
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Prince Albert Police Chief Jon Bergen told media this week that roughly half of the 6,000 people arrested in the city each year are intoxicated and that addiction-related intoxication is on the rise.