Prison Officer Union Against Needle Exchange After BC Inmate Overdose Death

Prison Officer Union Against Needle Exchange After BC Inmate Overdose Death
Patches are seen on the arm and shoulder of a corrections officer in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The union representing prison officers says its members are concerned about the safety of staff and inmates over a needle exchange program proposed by the Correctional Service.

It says this comes after an inmate at the medium-security Mountain Institution in Agassiz, B.C., died Tuesday from what is believed to be a fentanyl overdose.