Life-Saving Drug Now Available in San Diego County Jails

SAN DIEGO - Inmates in San Diego County jails will now have access to life-saving drugs.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is making naloxone, also known as Narcan, readily available in common areas of housing units and in visitation areas of all county jails. The move follows a recommendation from the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board to have the overdose reversing drug available to all inmates.

This comes as overdoses and overdose-related deaths in San Diego County Jails have spiked in recent years.

Inmates will be given periodic instruction on how to administer the drug.