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E-cig sales help fund Okla. county jails

Specially made e-cigarettes are sold for $10 a piece to the inmates and are good for 500 puffs

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By Lori Fullbright
News On 6

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Oklahoma law says every county must run a jail, but jails are expensive, so sheriff’s departments are trying to come up with new ways to raise money without getting it from taxpayers.

One way is to sell e-cigarettes to inmates. Washington and Muskogee Counties already do it and Rogers County just got approval.

The specially made e-cigarettes are sold for $10 a piece to the inmates and are good for 500 puffs which is the equivalent to three or four packs.

Full story: E-Cig Sales Help Fund Oklahoma County Jails