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• Pa. COs, medics scramble to revive 5 inmates who OD'd on heroin

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  The overdoses were reported after guards found the inmates collapsed and unresponsive in their cells

• Mich. inmates offered opioid blocker shots through pilot program

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  The program serves hundreds of inmates and currently has a recidivism rate of 1 percent, according to the state DOC

• Lawsuit: NY inmates wrongfully penalized over false positive drug tests

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  A class action suit alleges inmates were placed in solitary confinement and lost privileges over inaccurate tests

• How to buy fentanyl protection and detection products (eBook)

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  Download this CorrectionsOne fentanyl protection and detection products buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Maine corrections officials look to expand pilot inmate drug treatment program

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  The medical treatment program addresses addiction, provides inmates resources after their release

• Heroin supplier tied to El Chapo recruits dealer while in jail

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  Jesus Mendez-Lopez admitted to recruiting as part of a plea deal

• 8 deputies, 5 inmates hospitalized after suspected fentanyl exposure

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  Four of the deputies came into contact with the drug administering CPR to an unresponsive inmate

• Ohio corrections officer gets national award

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  Tyler Viernes was chosen unanimously by the American Jail Association for the award

• Conn. police join a growing trend of offering addicts treatment over jail

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  Using grant monies, the Vernon Police Department is connecting addicts with recovery coaches and moving them into treatment rather than jail

• Naloxone now available in Wash. state without prescription

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  The order functions as statewide prescription enabling all Washington residents and organizations to go to any pharmacy to get naloxone

• Police: Woman found with meth in vagina claims it isn't hers

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  A female correctional officer found $6,233 along with "a clear plastic bag" of roughly 1 gram of methamphetamine in Ashley Rolland's vagina

• 5 Angola COs among 22 indicted in large-scale drug smuggling probe

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  The indictment describes how inmates spoke openly on recorded prison phone lines about drug shipments and coordinated how to get them into the facility

• Ala. K-9 who died after drug contact honored at memorial

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  The 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Jake suddenly became ill on July 18 after he came into contact with a drug known as flakka during a prison contraband sweep

• Feds seek $12.6 billion in drug money from 'El Chapo'

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  They called the amount a "conservative" estimate of the cash Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel earned distributing cocaine, heroin and marijuana in the US

• 'A major step forward': Budget will expand addiction treatment in Conn. prisons

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  The funding could bring medication-assisted treatment to as many as 1,200 new patients

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