Inmates also needed treatment at the facility’s health-care unit.
prison were left needing medical treatment Wednesday after becoming sick while responding to inmates who were apparently under the influence of an “unknown substance,” a spokesperson said. Eighteen workers at John A. Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro were rushed to area hospitals, while an undisclosed number of prisoners were treated at the facility’s health-care unit.
The staff became sick after one worker responded to a “medical incident involving individuals in custody who appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance,” state Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello said in a statement. “All staff members who may have potentially encountered the unknown substance were also sent to a local hospital, as a precaution.
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