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Recovering Vermonter urges investment in residential treatment over incarceration
Summary
At the House Health Care Committee session, Tyler Sears, a Burlington resident in recovery, described missed medication and traumatic jail experiences and urged lawmakers to invest in 3.1 residential treatment beds, longer stays and stronger aftercare rather than incarceration.
Tyler Sears, 35, addressed the committee remotely and described his history of incarceration and substance use, saying jails are not designed to treat chronic, relapsing substance‑use disorders. "Prisons are being asked to solve problems they were never designed for," he said, and recounted missing prescribed Suboxone for 11 days…
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