Probation Officer Speaks Out On Addiction: The System Needs To Shift Its Mindset
(Commentary & Video)
While working as a probation officer in the City of Chicago’s Cook County for more than 15 years, I’ve gained invaluable experience helping recovering drug users, dependents and addicts which I now feel the duty to share with others.
As a probation officer in a social worker setting, we have the unique opportunity of mentoring and guiding our clients after their poor decisions – many of which were drug related, resulted in them being placed on probation, as an alte