Drug Issues

In the wake of a staffing crisis and reports of increased violence and drug use, a state agency report called for Los Angeles County's juvenile halls to be closed

A commuted sentence means they'll spend less time in home confinement and won't have to pay the rest of their fines which range from $5,000 to $20,000

Six inmates have died in 2022 due to drug overdoses compared to one death in 2021

The plan was foiled after an inmate used a monitored phone line to place the order

Detecting and identifying drugs entering correctional facilities

COs no longer need to find a locked first aid kit, which could be on another floor, to access the drug

Innovations in T-ray technology allow CO staff to detect the smallest, hardest-to-find drugs and contraband that X-ray and other screening techniques can't find

States would be encouraged to submit proposals for how to use money to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons

The three were trying to deliver fentanyl, meth, crack cocaine and marijuana to the Limestone Correctional Facility

Sheriff Shawn Larsen said he was "proud of everyone's collaborative efforts, for their quick response and lifesaving actions"

The charges are in connection with an alleged conspiracy to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids known as K2 and Spice into MCI Shirley

Deputies seized one pound ten ounces of methamphetamine, 30 cellular telephones, 44 large bags of tobacco and three small bags of marijuana

A memo said the inspections were "not to invade your privacy or due to a lack of trust," but to instead keep drugs out of the jail

The mayhem started early in the morning when a corrections officer saw three detainees slashing an inmate

"The avenues for drugs entering prisons during the first year of the pandemic ... remained staff, contractors, official visitors and mail," an official said