A $250,000-a-year three-year grant from the Ohio Attorney General's Office will work to address the drug addiction and mental health problems for inmates at the Trumbull County jail.
The funding will be used to help offset the costs of two full-time social workers and a part-time nurse at the county jail.
Sheriff Michael Wilson: "Mental illness coupled with drug abuse is an epidemic"
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Weston Mill-based social enterprise Surplus Rescue CIC (Community Interest Company) recycles and finds homes for unwanted furniture. To date, it has received “extensive amounts” of quality second-hand furniture including desks, pedestals, cupboards and office chairs from a former local authority office equipment – and wants to find them a good home.