Bryan Darst stared at concrete walls while sitting on a cot inside a facility he was all too familiar with. His mind raced, drowning out the noise made from dozens of inmates around him. He knew what he wanted; he’d even had it before, briefly. But he needed a way to keep it. He needed a way to stay sober and an “insurance policy” from Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn provided that (VIDEO).
Before the age of 30, Darst has been in and out of jail on a variety of charges related to his drug addiction. It had become the norm of a life he no longer wanted to lead …
