Sheriff Nicholas Cocchi talks about the sheriff's Western Massachusetts Recovery and Wellness Center on Tuesday to Jordan Maynard, interim chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The Gaming Commission partially funds the center. (Jim Kinney / The Republican)The Republican
SPRINGFIELD — State gambling regulators — facing their own tightening budget — toured Tuesday the Hampden County sheriff’s Western Massachusetts Recovery and Wellness Center that the state Gaming Commission has supported with casino revenue for the past nine years.
Sheriff Nicholas Cocchi explained that the 145-bed facility — for men and women convicted of crimes but at the same time seeking recovery from drug and alcohol addiction — has no bars, no fence, no locks on the doors.
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