Pine County to get federal grant for program in new jail
The U.S. Justice Department has awarded a grant of $153,000 to Pine County to establish a probation program in its new jail, Congressman James Oberstar, DFL-Chisholm, reported.
Another Justice Department grant of $225,000 will go to the Duluth-based Mending the Sacred Hoop to combat sexual assault against Native American women.
“Native American women are 3.5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than women of other races and ethnicities; that statistic is chilling.” said Oberstar.
