Chesterfield Jail’s Heroin Addiction Recovery Program (HARP)

The Chesterfield county sheriff has pioneered an innovative model of substance abuse treatment and support within the Chesterfield County jail. Read more at the links below.

• Ackerman, M. (2016, May 12). Virginia Inmates Requesting To Return To Jail For Heroin Recovery Program. The Fix.
• Adam, J. (2016, December 19). Redemption, recovery in Chesterfield jail. The Progress-Index.
• Adam, J. (2016, December 20). Four graduate from innovative heroin recovery program. The Progress-Index.
• Adam, J. (2017, January 2). HARP member talks about heroin recovery. The Progress-Index.
• Adam, J. (2017, February 25). Chesterfield’s HARP program continues to help recovering addicts. The Progress-Index.
• Adam, J. (2017, August 3). After addiction, falling in love with being clean. The Progress-Index.
• Adam, J. (2017, September 2). HARP participants reconnect with family amid recovery. The Progress-Index.
• American Conservative Union. (Feb. 9, 2017). Hope for Heroin Addicts and Their Families in Virginia.
• Azzarelli, S. (2017, March 31). Reeves Visits with Chesterfield County Sheriff and Inmates. Bryce Reeves.
• Dunn, T. (2016, October 14). How one jail’s philosophy is turning the addiction epidemic on its head. Upworthy.
• Evans, K. B. (2016, April 9). Chesterfield sheriff launches program for opioid addicts. Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• Fang, C. (2018, September 26). A Daily Fight for Control: Two sisters reach for recovery from addiction in jail. The Marshall Project.
• Fergus, R. (2018, October 30). On the recovery road: Activist battling opioid addiction coming to Red Wing. RiverTowns.net.
• Hampton, R. (2017). These Inmates Did A Facebook Live From The County Jail. Their Message Is Life-Saving. Huffington Post.
• Horton, J. (2018) Drug War Reform: Criminal Justice, Recovery, and Holistic Community Alternatives. Criminal Law Bulletin 53
• Kim, V. (2017, January 5). Virginia Inmates Detail Success of Jail Recovery Program On Facebook Live, Go Viral. The Fix.
• Korsgaard, S. C. W. (2016, September 8). State Delegates visit Chesterfield Jail to Seek Solution to Heroin Epidemic. The Progress-Index.
• Leonard, K. (2017, April 16). How many heroin deaths does it take before we act? Karl Leonard column: How many heroin deaths does it take before we act?. Richmond Times-Dispatch, p. 4E.
• Leonard, K. (2017, May 3). I’m the Chesterfield County Sheriff And I’m Done Talking About Drug Addiction. It’s Time To Act.
• Leonard, K. (2017). Heroin addiction recovery program: HARP overview and program guide. National Association of Counties.
• McClellan, M. (2017, February 17). Local heroin addiction recovery program goes national. WRIC.
• McConnell, J. (2018, September 12). Out of a fix: Former addict, author visits county jail. Chesterfield Observer.
• Pritchett, J. (2017). Virginia Association of Counties Achievement Program grant application.
• Quinones, S. (2017, November 8). The Sheriff and the Country Boy.
• Remmers, V. (2016, November 21). Chesterfield sheriff launches new program for addicted women as part of larger shift in services. Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• Remmers, V. (2016, November 22). Female addicts finding their voices in Chesterfield. Richmond Times-Dispatch, p. 1A.
• Remmers, V. (2016, November 24). Sheriff launches program for addicted women Chesterfield sheriff launches new program for addicted women as part of larger shift in services. The Free Lance-Star, p. 3A.
• Remmers, V. (2016, December 16). Jails get grants for mental health. Richmond Times-Dispatch, p. 1B.
• Rendleman, J. (2018, January 28). Two sisters battle heroin addiction behind bars. WCSJ.
• Report, S. (2017, May 25). Opioid programs among Chesterfield’s national award winners this year. The Progress-Index.
• Rogers, A. M. (2018, July 31). Enjoyed my time in jail.
• Ross, G. (2018, July 18). HARP spreads hope for inmates trying to kick addiction in Chesterfield. WRIC.
• Sears, T. (2016, May 10). Heroin addicts asking for longer jail stay because of popular new recovery program. WVTR.
• Williams, R. (2018, April 1). Out of the darkness: Two former heroin addicts on their journey of recovery: ‘It doesn’t have to end in death.’ Richmond Times-Dispatch, p. 1A.