Fresh Start: Wayne County, MI program gives women caught up in drug and prostitution a way out.

Instead of slapping prostitutes with a misdemeanor charge, giving them 30 day jail tour, and tossing them back onto the streets to continue their downward spiral, Wayne County authorities are taking a new approach.
The program, called Fresh Start, is a collaboration between Detroit Health and Law departments, the city's Bureau of Substance Abuse and 36th District Drug Court and Probation. Fresh Start keeps the women for 15 to 24 months, rehabilitating them, and combating the cycle of self-abuse and hooking. Of the 100 women that have entered the program, 18 have graduated and 59 are still working their way through it. None of the 18 have relapsed.

Source: The Detroit Free Press