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California prisons and drug overdoses
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Jun 22, 2015
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California prisons and drug overdoses
Drug overdoses are a constant fear for prison officials, but in California, inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly triple the national rate.
The California Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would give juveniles sentenced to life in prison without parole a chance to be released.
The California Department of Corrections are spending millions of dollars to combat the smuggling of drugs into the prison system.
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Drug overdoses are a constant fear for prison officials, but in California, inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly triple the national rate.

Drug overdoses are a constant fear for prison officials, but in California, inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly triple the national rate.

Don Thompson, who wrote about it recently for the Associated Press, joined the show with more.