LA GRANGE, Ky. (July 22, 2026) – Attorney General Russell Coleman joined Oldham County Jailer Jeff Tindall, County Judge/Executive David Voegele and the Healthy Oldham County Coalition today to unveil the jail’s innovative ONEbox program.
The Oldham County Detention Center will now offer ONEbox™ kits to releasees and visitors. ONEbox™ is a life-saving opioid overdose reversal kit featuring naloxone and an instructional video on how to use the medication on someone else.
Oldham County will be the first jail in Kentucky to provide ONEbox™ kits. The Oldham County Health Department is already distributing the kits at multiple locations including convenience stores, motels, and restaurants.
“For 29 years working in the Oldham County Jail, I’ve witnessed firsthand the devastation addiction causes-not only to those struggling, but to their families and our communities. At the Oldham County Detention Center, we’ve worked hard to make recovery part of our mission. Recovery begins with hope, and hope begins with keeping people alive. The ONEbox™ is just one piece of our recovery mission. If it, or any of the recovery programs we offer gives someone another chance to seek treatment and change their life, then it’s a worthy effort,” said Jailer Tindall.
“Addiction has affected families across Kentucky, regardless of age, income, or background and has taken a huge toll on our healthcare and criminal justice systems and leaving incarceration can be dangerous time for individuals who are once again on their own. But, one thing is certain. Recovery begins with opportunity. OneBox™ kit provides an individual or family critical training and assistance at an important moment and may prevent someone from lapsing back into addiction, or what could even result in a fatality. By making the OneBox™ kit available to prisoners as they leave, Fiscal Court’s Opioid Committee has become a leader in Kentucky and has taken a strong step forward in the battle against addiction,” said Judge/Executive Voegele, who serves as chair of Oldham County’s Opioid Abatement Commission.
Oldham County purchased the kits with $65,000 of opioid abatement dollars distributed to the county. Thirty kits were made available at the jail on the first day.
“We are grateful to see these dollars invested in lifesaving programs. These kits will provide Kentuckians with the chance at long-term recovery,” said Attorney General Coleman, whose office oversees the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission.
According to state law, the more than $1 billion Kentucky will receive from legal settlements with companies behind the opioid crisis is distributed in two ways:
1. Through the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, and
2. In direct payments to cities and counties. This project is funded through Oldham County’s direct payment funds.