A surge in inmate overdoses is forcing the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to make changes to how inmates are processed at ...

A statement from the Sheriff's Office said investigators believed the drugs tied to the overdoses were smuggled into the jail ...

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how illegal narcotics have been getting into jail facilities after a series of recent overdoses involving people in its custody.

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan stood by his decision to stop scanning detention officers for contraband and drugs in ...

An Estrella Jail inmate died of a fatal overdose in the early hours of Valentine's Day, according to the Maricopa County ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the overdoses are unrelated to halting the scanning officers for contraband.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says two people experienced an overdose on Feb. 18 at the Estrella Jail. This comes after the office reported 12 people overdosed in the same jail within the ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office plans to use X-ray machines to scan inmates for drugs after 12 overdoses where an inmate ...

One inmate has died, and several others were hospitalized after a dozen drug overdoses happened in the span of one week at the same Phoenix jail.

12 overdoses have been reported over the past week at Estrella Jail in Phoenix. One of the inmates who overdosed died. MCSO say the overdoses stem from undetected drug smuggling into the jail.

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