Inmate overdoses prompt transfers to jails throughout Arizona

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) – An Arizona sheriff’s office says drug overdoses of five inmates prompted it to transfer 50 inmates to jails in other counties so a jail housing unit can be thoroughly cleaned and decontaminated.
A Mohave County Sheriff’s Office statement said that the 50 inmates were transferred Thursday night to facilities in Coconino and La Paz counties because of indications that the substance that caused the overdoses might remain in the housing unit where the overdose