Fayette County Jail to install body scanner after overdoses

Seven inmates overdose in the Fayette County Jail weeks before a new tool will be in place to stop this from happening.The county is about to install a body scanner.It will check every inmate for anything hidden in their body cavities.A separate room is being constructed right now to house it.Body scanners are a new idea Sheriff Stanforth thinks is a necessity.“If you’ve got heroin back in the jail, you might as well bring in a bar of gold,” Sheriff Stanforth said.Morris-Hafner