APNewsBreak: 4 inmates overdose in 2 days at Ohio prison

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Four inmates overdosed in two days at the same Ohio prison earlier this year, requiring the use of CPR and doses of an anti-overdose drug as guards scrambled to revive the men, according to state prison records.

The documents, obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request, don't name the drugs the inmates used, but say guards administered the anti-overdose drug naloxone to revive them.

Ohio prison officials say multiple overdoses in such a short period at the same prison is unusual, but say the state's opiate epidemic is also inside prison walls, which is why they keep the anti-overdose drug stocked.

Drug overdoses are among the leading causes of deaths in California state prisons, killing an average of 17 inmates each year, according to a 2016 report by a federal court-appointed receiver who oversees the system as a result of a long-running lawsuit over inmate health care.