An inmate from the Barton Street jail in Hamilton is dead after a reported drug overdose, and city ambulance crews have been called to the detention centre a startling 12 times since Monday.
Ministry spokesperson Brent Ross confirmed to CBC Hamilton the inmate died last night in hospital. The coroner will now perform an autopsy to determine an official cause of death, but paramedics were first called to the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre Monday evening when three inmates were rushed to hospital suffering from reported drug overdoses.
Hamilton EMS commander Jevon Towns told CBC Hamilton that three people were first taken to hospital from the jail with overdose symptoms around 5 p.m. Monday.
"Three individuals were transported to hospital at that time in stable condition," he said. Those three inmates were later returned to the jail, Ross says, but then paramedics were called back Tuesday after one of the patient's hearts stopped.
"Hamilton Paramedics were able to resuscitate the patient and the patient was transported to hospital in critical condition," he said. That patient later died in hospital. All told, Hamilton EMS has responded to the site a total of 12 times since Monday, Towns says.
Paramedics were receiving reports of "unconscious" patients with a "decreased level of awareness," he said. "It is important to note that this concern is based on information collected during the call for assistance and may be different than the actual patient condition on paramedic arrival."
Ross says the Ministry cannot release the inmate's name because of an ongoing investigation and the "potential of a coroner's inquiry," which is mandatory when an inmate dies an "unnatural death."
Hamilton police spokesperson Const. Claus Wagner told CBC Hamilton Division 1 detectives are investigating "an incident" at the jail. He would not specify what that investigation entailed.
Back in September of 2012, an inmate died of an apparent heroin overdose inside the Barton jail. Three other people were also hospitalized over what was called "bad heroin."
According to ministry statistics, there have been five overdose deaths in Ontario jails since 2010. "But that's subject to change depending on coroner's inquiries," Ross said.
More to come.
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