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Wagoner County tables jail-based RISE program funding pending grant sign-off
Summary
County commissioners tabled a request to use an existing opioid grant to fund tablets and a jail-based RISE reentry curriculum after staff said the grant administrator must first confirm allowable expenses. Sheriff and district attorney representatives endorsed the program as a tool to reduce recidivism.
WAGONER COUNTY, Okla. — Wagoner County commissioners on Oct. 6 agreed to table a request to use the county's opioid grant to buy tablets and support a jail-based RISE curriculum designed to teach inmates skills such as anger management and substance-use education.
Proponents described RISE as a rigorous, 90-day program intended to provide incarcerated people with tools to address root causes of substance use and mental-health problems and to prepare some participants for drug and mental-health court. Sheriff Chris Elliott told…
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