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Judge seeks buildout of recovery-court space; committee agrees to swap payment timing to give extra time
Summary
Judge Ron Blanton described blueprint issues for a recovery‑court office and asked that the committee permit an accounting swap of opioid‑abatement payments so the project can proceed without immediate additional appropriations.
Judge Ron Blanton told the Sumner County opioid committee that a planned recovery-court office needs only a small reconfiguration of interior walls to secure inmate transport and allow the program to operate in existing courthouse space.
Blanton said the issue arose when an updated blueprint arrived with a shaded area that omitted a previously planned doorway; the change would have cut off secure access from holding areas into a classroom where evaluations and court sessions are…
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