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Former inmates at Estrella Jail reveal how drugs get smuggled in despite security measures. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says they plan to install x-ray scanners to stop the flow of drugs.
Twelve people overdosed in a Maricopa County jail in the past week, including one person who died, according to the Sheriff's Office. The overdoses were in the Estrella Jail, which houses women ...
Two people overdosed at the Estrella Jail on Tuesday night, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said. This comes after the news that an inmate died from an overdose and 11 others survived an ...
An Estrella Jail inmate died of a fatal overdose in the early hours of Valentine's Day, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
A month later, the agency revealed that 12 inmates had suffered drug overdoses in February — one fatally — at the women-only Estrella Jail. The sheriff's office insists those two things are ...
According to MCSO, there were 12 overdoses over the past week, including one that was deadly, at the Estrella Jail. In one incident, which occurred on February 14 around 1 a.m., ...
It happened at the Estrella Jail near 27th Avenue and Durango Street. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says the inmates were all alert and breathing when they were transported.
Staff members at Estrella Jail, located near 27th Avenue and Durango Street, noticed something was wrong and called for help around 10:30 a.m. Phoenix Fire officials responded and treated the ...
Last month, seven women incarcerated at the Estrella Jail in Phoenix were hospitalized after overdosing. Sheriff Paul Penzone, responding to an increase in fentanyl overdoses in county jails, has ...
Estrella Jail is located near 27th Avenue and Durango Street and has room for about 1,500 inmates. It houses “all classifications of un-sentenced/sentenced female inmates,” according to the ...
Former inmates at Estrella Jail reveal how drugs get smuggled in despite security measures. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says they plan to install x-ray scanners to stop the flow of drugs ...