Heroin Addict Asks Youngstown Judge to Send Her to Jail to Get Clean

A women from Youngtown begged her judge to send her to jail so that she could get rid of her heroin addiction.

25 year old Kayla Dempsey made the usual decision after pleading guilty to the possession of a drug instrument.

Determined to get her life back in order so that she can look after her 3 year old son, Dempsey requested Judge Elizabeth Kobly to throw her prison for thirty days which will help her to get clean.

"There's no help out there anymore. There's a three-month waiting list for any rehab around here because of the heroin epidemic. It was faster to go to jail."

"There's people somewhere, there has to be people somewhere that are willing to help. Judge Kobly is not known for her kindness. I was not expecting her to agree to 30 days, and when she did I felt so blessed. And I knew right then and there somebody cares," Dempsey said.

Dempsey first got hooked to drugs at the age of 18 but managed to remain sober for the last five years.

Her sobriety ended when she ran out of prescribed pain killers which later triggered the urges to get back to heroin.

"Jail's maybe not the best place to detox but it was my fastest option. With the Warren and Trumbull County scare and all the bad drugs going around, I didn't want to risk it no more," Dempsey said.

Dempsey is feeling hopeful now that she is finally clean after being put behind bars. She however realizes that her biggest challenges lie ahead in the future.

Dempsey says, "It's not going to be the time in here that makes the difference. It's going to be what I do when I get out."