State grant to help tackle drug, mental health problems among inmates
WARREN — 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. Sheriff Michael Wilson, joined Tuesday by Attorney General Dave Yost, said: “This will provide services to people with these issues. We take alcohol and drug addiction issues seriously.” Yost said when he was Delaware County prosecutor from 2003 to 2010, “drug addiction and mental health issues were predominant among the jail population and it’s only gotten worse in intervening years. ...