"I do this from the heart" said Willis Osario, the Chaplain of Saving Lives to Alfred Lubano at the Inquirer, though many have complained of the actual care and service they’ve received under him. Saving Lives has been at the center of the discussion, even working directly with Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez to protect addicts and return them to their recovery house if they somehow go rouge. Some descriptions of said recovery houses include overcrowded rooms, insufficient resources and not very much space. The tactics include shaming, insisting on prayer, and punishment or reward. The problem with these recovery house is not only that they take a quarter of the pay of those who choose to stay in their facilities, they also use tactics for recovery that some healthcare professionals call ineffective and at times more harmful than not. Usually run by priests and clergymen, the recovery houses have been in direct contact with government officials in key areas within Puerto Rico to help maintain the Air Bridge pipeline and the “recovery” process. The key element within this problem is the recovery houses that have been a part of the Kensington community for quite some time. Quinones-Sanchez is in charge of one of the areas in the city that has been facing drug addiction and homelessness at a larger scale. "How is that fair?" according to reports. When speaking with one of the mayor of a city in Puerto Rico known for sending patients getting treated for drug addiction to areas on the mainland, Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez said to the mayor "You overburdened another government because of your inability to work on things here," Sánchez recalled telling the mayor.
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