Kane Co. Sheriff Offers 'A Way Out' Through Support, Treatment

ST. CHARLES – Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain is proud to announce the beginning of “A Way Out” in Kane County, the sheriff's office said in a release. The sheriff's office said this program provides non-punitive support and treatment center connection to people suffering from drug addiction, while also encouraging those individuals to walk-in, call, or use the Sheriff's Office Tips411 portal on the sheriff's office website to initiate support.

The sheriff's office said during the program, a member of the sheriff's office will triage the Kane County resident's addiction issue and contact local treatment centers for availability, and then transport that person to the center.

In addition to the establishment of A Way Out, Sheriff Hain hopes that offering different strategies to those suffering from drug dependency — including treatment, addiction counseling for those dependent on opioids in the Kane County Jail, exit programs, job training, and connections for those no longer incarcerated — will decrease addiction, crime and the rate of overdoses.

"This is about caring for our residents, not incarcerating them," the sheriff's office said, in the release. "Sheriff Hain would like to thank the Kane County Coroner’s Office, the Kane County State Attorney’s Office, Northwestern Hospital, and the local treatment centers that provided input and coordination to assemble A Way Out in Kane."

In addition, the sheriff's office reported Sheriff Hain hopes that A Way Out will become "A Way In" when the vision of transforming nearly 30,000 square feet inside the Sheriff’s Complex to a residential addiction treatment comes to fruition.