Five inmates at the Maricopa County Jail were hospitalized for overdoses Saturday morning.
Public Relations Officer Sergeant. Joaquin Enriquez said the overdose occurred at Towers Prison in Phoenix.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, the 720-bed facility on Gibson Lane houses medium-security general inmates, most of whom are “unsentenced, pretrial prisoners.” detainees’.
“Towers Prison received a call this morning from five inmates suspected of overdosing,” Enriquez said in an email Saturday night. All prisoners were conscious, evaluated immediately, and released from the hospital.”
The Phoenix Fire Department assisted in the response, according to a report obtained by The Arizona Republic.
Seven women held in Estrella Prison were hospitalized for overdoses in April.
In response to a rise in fentanyl overdoses at county jails, Sheriff Paul Penzone installed additional security scanners in March to track employees and volunteers entering and leaving the prison looking for drugs and contraband. announced plans to confirm
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