DRUG BINGE

Nearly 40 lags collapse in 24 hours after taking Fentanyl and Spice mix as one rushed to hospital

The latest inspection report for Deerbolt found more than one in four had substance abuse problems

ALMOST 40 inmates at a prison collapsed in 24 hours after taking drugs — with one rushed to hospital.

More than ten per cent of the jail’s population fell ill from a batch of fentanyl mixed with spice.

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Almost 40 inmates at a Deerbolt prison collapsed in 24 hours after taking drugs — with one rushed to hospital

Worried bosses then placed troubled Deerbolt prison in Co Durham on a two-day lockdown after the incident last month.

Synthetic drug fentanyl can be 50 times more potent than heroin — and one inmate was feared to be dying from an overdose.

A source said: “A prisoner was found collapsed in his cell, which was when the alarm was raised.

“Shockingly, this was in the morning — and they got to him just in time.

“He was rushed to hospital, where they saved him. But he was in such a bad way that ‘death in custody’ paperwork was prepared in case the worst happened.”

They added: “Word got round that loads of the prisoners had taken a mixture of fentanyl and spice. Others started collapsing over a period of hours — and there were a total of 38 cases.”

“No one has ever known an outbreak of illness as big as this. The prison was put in to lockdown and a fleet of ambulances arrived.

“A lot of the inmates were treated in the jail with an antidote, and it is a sad sign of the times that they know they need to stock it.”

The latest inspection report for Deerbolt — where most lags are under 21 — found more than one in four had substance abuse problems.

The Prison Service said: “The new Government inherited a prison system in crisis and is determined to tackle supply and demand for drugs in our jails.”

Spice addicts violently slapped by callous drug dealers who roar with laughter as collapse in twisted prison footage

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More than ten per cent of the jail’s population fell ill from a batch of fentanyl mixed with spice
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