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Second Thurston County Jail inmate overdoses, dies
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Two incarcerated people have died from fentanyl overdoses at the Thurston County Jail.
According to a press release from the Thurston County Sheriff's Office (TCSO), there have been six reported overdoses in the jail this month.
On Tuesday, corrections officers found a man unresponsive in his cell around midnight. Anthony Baker, 36, was taken to the hospital and died on Wednesday, March 15.
On March 9, corrections officers and medical staff responded to a medical emergency at 7:25 p.m. in one of the jail's housing areas. They found a man in his late 20s unresponsive in his cell. He was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital where he died on March 13.
Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock has identified the inmate who died Monday as Alec Nieland-Herrera, 28.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/second-inmate-dies-fentanyl-overdose-thurston-county-jail/281-2c8ccb5a-2774-4ada-9a15-fad16c30d2c8