Prison Overdoses Not Tracked Amid Contraband Problems
House Criminal Justice Chairman James Grant said he would be interested in exploring ways for the Department of Corrections to have a more efficient system of tracking trends and incidents.
October 11, 2019 at 02:43 PM
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Florida's prison system, the third largest in the nation, has long faced issues with contraband drugs, yet the state agency that grapples with the problems does not track the number of inmates treated for overdoses.
Department of Corrections officials say they deem the health and well-being of prisoners a priority and that the system has protocols to provide inmates with "proper medical treatment" when they overdose.
But the department has not tracked how many inmates have required treatment as a result of overdoses during the past three years, according to Rob Klepper, the agency's press secretary.
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