Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
In The News Sobering center helps homeless in Downtown Houston Houston Public Media | 1/20/2016 There are lots of resources available to serve Houston’s homeless population, including the Houston Recovery Center, a sobering center downtown. Houston Matters’ Paige...
Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
In The News Sobriety center partners with UHPD as safe haven Daily Cougar | 10/29/2014 In the corner of a dimly lit room, a TV monitor displays images of locations outside of the building. In one of the squares, a Houston Police Department patrol car pulls up. A...
Aug 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
In The News Sobering center a place for addicts to get help Houston Chronicle | 8/3/2014 When Mayor Annise Parker opened the center at 150 North Chenevert St. last year, the idea was to cut police costs and reduce recidivism, creating a place other than jail for those...
Mar 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
In The News Austin officials move to decriminalize public drunkenness Austin American-Statesman | 3/8/2014 An effort by an array of criminal justice, law enforcement and medical officials is underway to open a sobriety center — “drunk tank” to many — that would...
Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
In The News First New Year’s Eve could be interesting for Houston’s new sobering center Houston Chronicle | 12/31/2013 The Houston Center for Sobriety is preparing for its first New Year’s Eve in business. Leonard Kincaid, the director of operations...
Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
In The News Houston’s sobering center is showing progress Isiah Factor | 7/24/2013 It was back in April when the doors opened at the Houston Center for Sobriety. City leaders approved the facility because there were so many intoxicated people (1900 a year)...
Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
In The News Sober center: just what the doctor ordered Houston Chronicle | 3/15/2013 The idea of letting the town drunk dry out behind bars is a beloved and enshrined aspect of Americana. Who doesn’t love Otis from “The Andy Griffith Show”? City...
Mar 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
In The News Drunk in public? Sober up at Houston’s new sobriety center Houston Chronicle | 3/12/2013 Mayor Annise Parker recently announced the completion of the Houston Recovery Center renovation, home to the City of Houston’s new sobering center, which is...
Mar 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
In The News Beats a night in the drunk tank Houston Chronicle | 3/7/2013 You don’t want to be that guy (or gal for that matter) – the one stumbling on a sidewalk after one too many martinis at your favorite watering hole. But if you insist, at least now a...
Mar 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
In The News Mayor Parker cuts the ribbon at city’s new Houston Recovery Center Houston Mayor’s Office | 3/7/2013 “This is an innovative solution to a costly problem that diverts our police from other matters and crowds the city jail,” said Mayor Parker....
