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Ohio used up its supply of pentobarbital on September 25, 2013, with the execution of Harry Mitts Jr. [12] On January 16, 2014, Ohio executed Dennis McGuire who was convicted of raping and then murdering 22-year-old Joy Stewart who was 30 weeks pregnant, becoming the first U.S. inmate to be executed with a combination of the drugs midazolam and ...
In the 1980s, there was a movement to crack down on drug users and dealers by using harsher sentences. This created a rapid increase in the number of people in prison that were abusing drugs. The Department of Corrections implemented many prison-based drug treatment programs to help those with addiction, but the DOC was met with many opposers.
Infectious diseases within American correctional settings are a concern within the public health sector. The corrections population is susceptible to infectious diseases through exposure to blood and other bodily fluids, drug injection, poor health care, prison overcrowding, demographics, security issues, lack of community support for rehabilitation programs, and high-risk behaviors. [1]
Former RiCI inmate says inmates subjected to drugs who aren't doing drugs. Jason West, 51, of Akron, who was released Sept. 11 after serving a three-year sentence at the minimum- and medium ...
The individuals, who included one inmate, started showing symptoms of an overdose around 9 a.m. at Ross Correctional Institution. Ohio prison guards, nurses inmate, treated for drug exposure Skip ...
Drug overdoses nearly doubled at a privately run prison where inmates said it was “easy” to get hold of illegal substances, The Independent can reveal.. HMP Forest Bank, a category B jail in ...
OSP does retain death row cells for inmates who are considered the highest security risk. As of 2019, six high security death row inmates remain at OSP, four of whom were involved in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. [1] [2] Ohio State Penitentiary currently holds level 5, 4, 3 and 1 inmates.
A former officer at the Benton County jail who smuggled drugs and cellphones to inmates was sentenced in federal court to three years and 10 months in prison on Tuesday.. Eric Christian, 34 ...