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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT     BJS
SUNDAY APRIL 26, 1998           202/307-0784
         
  HIGH LEVELS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCE
      COMMON AMONG NATION'S JAIL INMATES

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There are high
levels of drug and alcohol dependence among
the nation's jail inmates,  according to a
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) survey of
men and women in local jails between October
1995...