Smuggled Drugs Killed 2 Inmates at Troubled South Carolina Jail, Sheriff Says

Smuggled Drugs Killed 2 Inmates at Troubled South Carolina Jail, Sheriff Says
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The Associated Press
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COLUMBIA, S.C.— Two inmates died from drug overdoses in two days at a South Carolina jail, which has been under a federal civil rights investigation, authorities said.

The inmates at the jail in Richland County were killed by two different drugs, one on Monday and a second on Tuesday, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.