Article 6CH7Y Drug rehab facility offers women an alternative to prison

Drug rehab facility offers women an alternative to prison

by
Diane Taylor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6CH7Y)

Hope Street scheme in Southampton aims to keep women in criminal justice system out of jail and with their children

It all started when Edwina Grosvenor spent an hour with two heroin addicts at a drug rehabilitation centre in Liverpool, almost 30 years ago.

Her parents - Natalia and Gerald Grosvenor, who was one the richest men in the UK and the sixth Duke of Westminster - decided to take her to the centre at the age of 12 or 13 to show her that there was a world beyond her privileged bubble. At that moment I learned about empathy," Lady Grosvenor said.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2025
Reply 0 comments