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Four Suspected Drug Overdoses in D.C. Jail in One Week of May 2022
Loaded on June 6, 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
District of Columbia.
By Jo Ellen Nott
At the jail in Washington, D.C., two prisoners died and two more were hospitalized during the third week of May 2022 from suspected overdoses.
The first victim, Ramone O’Neal, 28, was discovered unresponsive and unconscious on May 13, 2022. His death is currently …
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