YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio jail is getting a new full-body scanner requested by officials last year to help detect drugs after two inmates overdosed on fentanyl that had been smuggled into the jail.
The Youngstown Vindicator reports (https://bit.ly/2qlq1eX ) that Mahoning (muh-HOH’-ning) County commissioners approved the acquisition of a $127,000 scanner on Thursday.
Sheriff Jerry Greene said the scanner will be used on incoming inmates. He said it should be installed by mid-June.
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He requested it after two inmates were revived using naloxone, which counteracts overdoses of fentanyl and other opioids. At the time, the jail administrator said they had “dodged a bullet.”
Greene said the scanner will also help to keep weapons out of the jail.
Scanners are already used in Hamilton, Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh), Stark and Medina (meh-DY’-nuh) county jails.
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Information from: The Vindicator, https://www.vindy.com
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