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