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County accepts $175,000 opioid‑settlement grant to buy full‑body scanner for detention center
Summary
Sweetwater County accepted a $175,000 WASCOP opioid settlement grant to buy a full‑body scanner for the detention center to detect concealed drugs and support overdose prevention; the award requires no local match and expires Jan. 1, 2027.
The Board of County Commissioners approved a grant contract that will provide $175,000 to the detention center for overdose‑prevention infrastructure.
County grants manager Christina Marshall said the funding originates from Wyoming’s allocation of the National Opioid Settlement and will be used to purchase a full‑body scanner to detect concealed drugs and identify people with drug‑use problems during intake. Marshall noted nationwide estimates that roughly 60% of incarcerated people have a substance‑use disorder and that the county’s detention center reported 8% of new arrestees experienced withdrawal related to opioids, fentanyl, alcohol or methamphetamine in the prior year.
Marshall said Southwest Counseling will continue as a contracted jail‑based treatment partner. Commissioners approved the grant contract unanimously; staff said there is no cash match and the contract expires Jan. 1, 2027.
