Funding will allow an expansion of reentry programs that demonstrate strong partnerships with corrections, parole, probation, and other reentry service providers
The new jail will house 120 inmates with more space for treatment
The $370,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will go toward check-ins with individuals on probation supervision
The funding is intended to go to the community corrections program, pretrial services, drug treatment court and mental health court
The current jail's old age has created serious problems for corrections officials
The Van Buren Office of Community Corrections will get $150,000 to support pretrial supervision services
It's part of a more than $2 million package awarded to Kansas criminal justice organizations
The program targets individuals who have been found incompetent to stand trial and are waiting in jail to go to the state hospital
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