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Detoxing PA Inmate Dies 3 Days After Arrest: Authorities Detoxing PA Inmate Dies 3 Days After Arrest: Authorities
Detoxing PA Inmate Dies 3 Days After Arrest: Authorities A 60-year-old man going through a detox protocol died at the Allegheny County Jail on May 25, 2023, county officials say.  The unnamed man was "brought in by a local police department on a bench warrant for retail theft for another county and booked on May 22," county officials explained in a release late on Thursday.  A drug screen showed he had opiates, including fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs in his system so the jail healthcare staff "initiated a detox protocol for him," the officials explained in the release. The man was found unresponsive in his cell around 4 p.m. Thurs…

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by Jillian Pikora