Alberta jails have had more than 120 overdoses since 2016
Alberta correctional facilities have recorded more than 120 overdoses in the past two years, and dozens more in federal prisons in the province, new statistics show.
Postmedia obtained the data after a string of overdoses at the Edmonton Remand Centre.
Since Nov. 29, at least three inmates at the remand centre have been found unresponsive in their cells after apparent overdoses, one of whom died.
Despite efforts to keep contraband out of correctional institutions — including
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