Table 1 Date, location, circumstances of fentanyl-related overdose incidents, United States, 2013-March 2021
From: Fentanyl-related overdose during incarceration: a comprehensive review
Date | State | Facility | Fatal | Nonfatal | Fentanyl Confirmed | Mode of Entry | Naloxone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 (Fairbanks, 2016) | NY | Attica Correctional Facility | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
May 2014 (McKelway, 2015) | VA | Henrico County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
May 2014 (Doug Rogers, 2015) | PA | Erie County Prison | 1 | 3 | Yes | Yes | No |
May 2015 (Woman died of fentanyl overdose at Cook County Jail: Autopsy, 2019) | OR | Multnomah County Detention Center (Justice Center) | 0 | 3 | Yes | Yes | No |
June 2015(Mitchell, 2018) | CO | Gunnison County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
July 2015 (Denson, n.d.) | ME | York County Jail | 0 | 3 | No | No | No |
Oct 2015 (Sturgeon, 2015) | NJ | Bayside State Prison | 0 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mar 2016 (Sandy, 2016) | OH | Lorain County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Mar 2016 (Corwin, 2016) | NH | Hillsborough County Department of Corrections | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Apr 2016 (Dolan, n.d.) | ME | Cumberland County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sept 2016 (Crittenden Woman Sentenced to 224 Months for Distribution of Drugs Resulting in Death, 2016) | KY | Kenton County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Nov 2016 (Schaefer, 2016) | OH | Montgomery County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Dec 2016 (Treleven, 2020) | WI | Dane County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Jan 2017 (Berg, 2019) | MI | Lakeland Correctional Facility | 1 | 2 | No | Yes | No |
May 2017 (Harlow, 2017) | ME | Somerset County Jail | 0 | 1 | No | No | Yes |
May 2017 (Alexander, 2017) | D.C. | D.C. Jails | 2 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
July 2017 (Loannou, 2017) | CA | Santa Clara County Main Jail | 0 | 4 | No | No | No |
July 2017 (Coroner: LaPorte County Jail Inmate Died by Accidental Overdose, 2017) | IN | LaPorte County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Oct 2017 (Burger, 2017) | OH | Franklin County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Oct 2017 (Hopkins, 2017) | AK | Hiland Mountain Correctional Center | 0 | 5 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nov 2017 (Craig, 2019) | NY | Livingston County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Nov 2017 (Ward, n.d.) | KY | Montgomery County Regional Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Dec 2017(Ovalle, 2017) | FL | Miami-Dade Jail | 2 | 0 | No | No | No |
Jan 2018 (Naylor, 2018) | PA | Cumberland County Prison | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Feb 2018 (Bustos, 2018) | FL | Venice Police Department | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Apr 2018 (Stucker, 2019) | NH | Strafford County House of Corrections | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Apr 2018 (Mitchell, 2018) | TN | Sumner County Jail | 0 | 6 | No | Yes | No |
Apr 2018 (Goldberg, 2018) | CA | Mule Creek State Prison | 1 | 12 | Yes | No | No |
May 2018 (Burns, 2018) | NC | Durham County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
May 2018 (Broden, 2018) | TN | Rutherford County Jail | 0 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
June 2018(Bogel-Burroughs, 2018) | MD | Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
June 2018 (Jane Wester & Kane, 2018) | NC | Mecklenburg County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
July 2018 (Wester, n.d.) | NC | Mecklenburg County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Aug 2018(Lisenby, 2018) | MO | St. Louis Medium Security Institution | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Aug 2018 (Brookbank, 2019) | OH | Ross Correctional Institution | 0 | 2 | Yes | No | No |
Sept 2018 (Miller, 2018)R | FL | Marion County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Nov 2018 (Signorini, 2019) | PA | Allegheny County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Nov 2018 (Perlstein, 2019) | LA | Orleans Justice Center | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Dec 2018D(Drug may be to blame for Albany County inmate’s death, n.d.) | NY | Albany County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Dec 2018 (Klein, 2018) | KY | Boyd County Jail | 2 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Dec 2018 (Sutyak, 2018) | OH | Portage County Jail | 0 | 1 | Yes | No | No |
Dec 2018 (Murphy, n.d.) | NY | Nassau County Jail | 1 | 0 | No | No | No |
Jan 2019 (Jail Sweep Underway after Pasco Inmate Dies from Drug Overdose, 2019) | FL | Land O′ Lakes Detention Center | 1 | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jan 2019 (Pasco Man Pleads Guilty To Causing Series Of Overdoses While Incarcerated At The Pasco County Jail, 2019) | FL | Pasco County Jail | 0 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jan 2019 (Deike, 2019) | OH | Cuyahoga County Jail | 0 | 1 | Yes | No | No |
Feb 2019 (Pasco County man responsible for numerous overdoses at Pasco County jail sentenced to 27 years in federal prison, 2020) | FL | Pasco County Jail | 1 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mar 2019 (Woman died of fentanyl overdose at Cook County Jail: Autopsy, 2019) | IL | Cook County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Mar 2019 (WKBN Staff, 2019) | OH | Mahoning County Jail | 0 | 1 | Yes | No | Yes |
Mar 2019 (Rains, 2019) | AR | Sebastian County Detention Center | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Mar 2019 (Schwigert, 2019) | PA | Lancaster County Prison | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Apr 2019 (Owens, 2019) | CT | Hartford Correctional Center | 1 | 3 | Yes | No | Yes |
Apr 2019 (J Wester, 2019) | NC | Mecklenburg County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Apr 2019 (3 Inmates Connected to Jail Overdoses, 2019) | AZ | Mohave County Jail | 0 | 5 | Yes | Yes | No |
Apr 2019 (Goodrich, 2019) | MN | Blue Earth County Jail | 0 | 1 | Yes | Yes | No |
May 2019 (City News Services, 2019) | CA | Theo Lace Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
May 2019 (Dave Rogers, 2019) | MA | Middleton Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
MO | St. Charles County Jail | 1 | 0 | No | No | No | |
June 2019 (Smay, 2019) | WA | Spokane County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
July 2019 (Berstein, 2020) | OR | Multnomah County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
July 2019 (City News Services, 2019) | CA | San Diego Central Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Aug 2019 (Ferrise, 2019) | OH | Cuyahoga County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Aug 2019 (Associated Press, 2019b) | MO | St. Louis Medium Security Institution | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
Sept 2019Â (Harris, 2019) | FL | Columbia Correctional Institution | 2 | 1 | No | No | No |
Oct 2019 (Barbra, 2019) | CA | San Francisco County Jail | 0 | 5 | No | No | Yes |
Oct 2019 (Poli, n.d.) | OH | Franklin County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Oct 2019 (Associated Press, 2019a) | MO | Moberly Correctional Center | 2 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Nov 2019 (Dickson, n.d.) | MI | Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
Jan 2020 (McDonald, 2020) | CA | San Diego Central Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Feb 2020 (Schmidt, 2020) | IL | Madison County Jail | 0 | 3 | Yes | Yes | No |
Feb 2020 (Associated Press, 2020a) | PA | Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility | 3 | 1 | Yes | No | No |
Mar 2020 (Winston, 2020) | FL | Palm Beach County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Apr 2020 (Lubinski, 2020) | MO | Clay County Detention Center | 1 | 6 | No | No | Yes |
May 2020 (Camden County Jail Inmate Admits Providing Drugs That Caused Fellow Inmate’s Overdose Death, 2021) | GA | Camden County Detention Facility | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
June 2020 (Finn, 2020) | NY | Yaphank Facility | 0 | 1 | No | No | No |
June 2020 (Finn, 2020) | NY | Riverhead Jail | 0 | 5 | No | No | No |
June 2020 (Sledge, 2020) | LA | New Orleans Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
July 2020 (Craig, 2020) | MI | Michigan Department of Corrections | 1 | 0 | No | No | No |
Aug 2020 (Coroner: Overdose Caused Iroquois Co. Inmate’s Death, 2020; Iroquois County Inmate Died of Fentanyl, Heroin Overdose, 2020) | IL | Iroquois County Jail | 2 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Aug 2020 (Gartrell, 2020) | CA | Contra Costa Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Aug 2020 (Hlavaty, 2021)) | OH | Cuyahoga County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
Sep 2020 (Minneapolis Man Charged With Smuggling Heroin Into Hennepin County Jail, n.d.; Nelson, 2020, p. 3) | MN | Hennepin County Jail | 0 | 3 | No | Yes | Yes |
WI | Manitowoc County Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No | |
Oct 2020 (Ireland, 2020) | CA | Vista Detention Facility | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
CA | Otay Mesa Jail | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | No | |
Dec 2020 (WDTV News Staff, 2020) | WV | North Central Regional Jail | 2 | 1 | No | No | No |
Dec 2020 (Saunders, 2020) | CA | San Diego Central Jail | 0 | 6 | No | No | Yes |
CA | Mendocino County Jail | 0 | 2 | No | No | Yes | |
CA | Sacramento County Jail | 0 | 4 | No | Yes | Yes | |
Feb 2021Â (Gottlieb, 2021) | WA | Clallam County Correctional Facility | 0 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mar 2021 (Sheriff’s Office Conducts Drug Search in Jail After Drug Overdose, n.d.) | NC | Bladen County Detention Facility | 0 | 1 | No | No | No |