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By: Gina Hamilton
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Two Bridges Regional Jail is about seven weeks into its Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program with ENSO Recovery, as part of a grant by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, with funding from the federal government, to combat opioid abuse in jail and after inmates leave.
As of Sept. 19, the MAT program had 10 inmates, all male, from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, the jail’s administrator, Col. James Bailey said. He said all have been sentenced, although pretrial inmates are also welcome, from those counties and Penobscot and Oxford counties, which the jail also serves. The pilot program can serve up to 16 inmates; assessments continue to fill the remaining six slots.