Dismas Home Rochester looks to take women from life of crime, drugs to one of fulfillment, opportunity

Jun 25, 2026 at 08:58 am


Harrison Thorp ROCHESTER = In 2021, Alacia Linville was struggling with addiction and a life of crime that had her in and out of jail. Then she found Dismas Home in Manchester. On Wednesday she was back at the new Dismas Home in Rochester, not for treatment but as the featured speaker prior to a ribbon cutting for a second Dismas House in New Hampshire on Healthcare Drive across from Skyhaven Airport. “Dismas Home taught me how to live again,” she told a crowd of more than 100 in...

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