Jail space tends to be at a premium in our region.
Funding is often tight, and cells are limited in the best of circumstances.
So jail cells are not the best places for drunk or drugged people to "sleep it off", especially if they have not committed any crime.
Grants Pass will be home to a "sobering center" by sometime next year, a non-jail place for substance abusers to get straight.
The Oregon Legislature approved funding for it last month.
Grants Pass Public Safety Director Bill Landis joins us to talk about the plans for the center and its operation.