HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM)- Population under siege might be dramatic - with an estimated 700 and some homeless people living in the Hattiesburg area, there were only 54 arrests for vagrancy in 2011. However that number is spiking in the first half of 2012 and, right now, is on track to total over 100 by years end.

When asked if the Hattiesburg Police Department is cracking down, Public Information Officer Lieutenant Eric Proulx says: "Not true, we have sympathy to their situation, we have a job to do though."

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM)- The Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction facility in Hattiesburg unveiled a new addiction recovery program Wednesday morning.

The program is called Legacy and it's designed to help older adults, 60 and older, deal with their substance abuse issues. It will operate out of a newly refurbished area of their facility on Broadway Drive.

Legacy is a 60-day residential program. The facility can treat 24-patients at a time The treatment is based on a 12-step model.