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LACo Supervisors take steps to prevent drug overdoses in jails

by The AV Times Staff • April 20, 2022

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LOS ANGELES – In an effort to mitigate inmate deaths due to drug overdoses, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn that calls for more proactive prevention strategies, including drug detection efforts, after seeing a rise in narcotics use.

“Our role as County leaders is to look out for the safety and well-being of all our County residents, and that includes individuals in our jails,” Barger said. “It is unacceptable to ignore the loss of life in what should be a highly regulated and secure environment. We need to have the necessary resources and tools to keep drugs out of our jails.”

“The rise of overdoses in our jail system is alarming,” Hahn stated. “The quick administration of NARCAN has saved lives, but we need to develop new strategies to prevent these deadly narcotics from ending up in our jails.”

The motion approved by the Board of Supervisors references a 2021 study by the Department of Justice that found drug related deaths in jails have risen by 623% nationally.

County executives and the Sheriff’s Department have 60 days to present the Board with recommendations to prevent the presence of drugs in jails.

[Information via news release from the office of Supervisor Kathryn Barger.]

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Los Angeles County

1 comment for "LACo Supervisors take steps to prevent drug overdoses in jails"

  1. OD says

    April 20, 2022 at 2:38 pm

    “We need to have the necessary resources and tools to keep drugs out of our jails.”

    Especially when the LACSD wardens are smuggling the drugs in.

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