Two LACo Inmates Found Unresponsive from Possible Drug Overdose

Two inmates were hospitalized Tuesday after deputies found them unresponsive, from possible drug overdoses, as they prepared to be transported by bus to another jail facility.

A deputy of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department discovered the two inmates unresponsive in the back of an inmate transport bus at 11:05 a.m. Monday at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility on the 400 block of Bauchet Street, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau told City News Service.

The deputy administered Narcan to one of the unresponsive inmates before instructing another inmate on how to revive the second unresponsive inmate with the life-saving substance…

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