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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
May 2019 (Robert Patrick, 2019; Roberts Patrick, 2020) 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 2019 (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
Sep 2020 (Associated Press, 2020b; Schafer, 2020) WI Manitowoc County Jail 1 0 Yes Yes No
Oct 2020 (Ireland, 2020) CA Vista Detention Facility 1 0 Yes No No
Nov 2020 (Ireland, 2021; Riggins, 2021) 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
Dec 2020 (Kemp, n.d.; Lee, 2020) CA Mendocino County Jail 0 2 No No Yes
Jan 2021 (Nuttle, 2021; Stanton, 2021) CA Sacramento County Jail 0 4 No Yes Yes
Feb 2021 (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