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April 22, 2008

Teens will pair with inmates to face DUI consequences

State officials are hoping that they can get local teenagers to understand the reality of drinking and driving.

In what the Attorney General’s office and the Department of Corrections are calling the Zero Fatalities Project, they’ve recruited the help of inmates at the state's prison.

“The panelists will speak about their crimes, the effects of their poor choices, and their incarceration,” reads a statement from the two agencies.

The project will bring 11th and 12th graders from high schools across the state to the Adult Correctional Institutions, where they will hear from inmates who have been sentenced for drunk and reckless driving violations.

In a bid to get to teenagers before the prom season, the panel groups will be held on Wednesdays, beginning tomorrow, and running through the end of next month. There will also be evening groups for families and other community groups who’d like to participate.

Attorney General Patrick Lynch and Corrections Director A.T. Wall will join Family Court Justice Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr., Warwick Police Chief Stephen McCartney, who is president of the State Police Chiefs Association, and others are planning to announce the initiative this afternoon at the medium security facility in at the ACI.

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