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By the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
Two inmates who were found unconscious at the Main Jail were successfully resuscitated using Narcan.
On Thursday, September 7, 2023, at approximately 5:45 a.m., custody deputies found a male inmate lying on the ground in the dayroom, unresponsive. Custody staff quickly requested an emergency medical response, administered two rounds of Narcan to the inmate and attached an AED to his chest. After the second dose of Narcan, the inmate regained consciousness, and was transported to an area hospital for follow-up treatment.
In a second incident, at approximately 1:20 p.m., an inmate was found in the same housing area, lying unresponsive in his bunk. Custody deputies again called for an emergency medical response and administered three doses of Narcan to the patient who regained consciousness and was also transported to an area hospital for follow-up treatment.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public of the dangers of opioids and opioid overdose, as well as the importance of recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose and accessibility to the opioid reversal drug, Narcan. Opioid overdose can be due to many factors including deliberate misuses of a prescription, illicit opioid use (such as heroin), or use of an opioid contaminated with other even more potent opioids (such as fentanyl).
Overdose can also occur when a patient takes an opioid as directed but for which the prescriber miscalculated the opioid dose, when an error was made by the dispensing pharmacist, or when the patient misunderstood the directions for use. In each of these scenarios, it is vital to recognize and be prepared for a possible life-threatening opioid overdose emergency.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public that we continue to offer FREE Narcan at each of the Sheriff’s substations. Members of the public can come to the lobby of ANY Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Station during business hours, obtain information about a short instructional video and receive Narcan.
Below is list of Sheriff’s Office locations where the public can receive FREE Narcan:
Buellton Sheriff’s Station
City of Buellton Police Department
140 W. Highway 246
Buellton, CA 93427
(805) 686-8150
Coastal Bureau Sheriff’s Station
City of Carpinteria Police Department
5775 Carpinteria Ave
Carpinteria, CA 93103
(805) 568-3399
Goleta Valley Patrol Bureau
City of Goleta Police Department
4434 Calle Real
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(805) 681-4100
Isla Vista Foot Patrol
6504 Trigo Rd.
Isla Vista, CA 93117
(805) 681-4179
Lompoc Valley Sheriff’s Station
3500 Harris Grade Rd.
Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 737-7737
New Cuyama Sheriff’s Station
70 Newsome St.
New Cuyama, CA 93254
(661) 766-2310
Santa Maria Sheriff’s Station
812 W. Foster Rd.
Santa Maria, CA 93455
(805) 934-6150
Santa Ynez Valley Station
City of Solvang Police Department
1745 Mission Dr.
Solvang, CA 93463
(805) 686-5000
While I don’t know anything about the workings of security measures at jails, but I often wonder – this kind of story seems so common all over – can’t stricter measures be taken to find and confiscate contraband before it gets to the prisoners?
I guess visitors have gotten more sophisticated now beyond baking a file in the cake. 🙂
The vast majority of illegal goods/substances in to lockup facilities are brought in by…..drum roll…..staff.
BABY – Just curious. You know this how? Citation, please.
If true, don’t staff have to go through security? If also true, then ALL entering the facility must be subject to more rigorous screening measures.
At 3 shifts a day, food deliveries, etc that is a lot of people, boxes etc to check. Most of it is probably put into balloons and swallowed, but people are very creative
Tents in Cuyama, oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, bologna and PB&J sandwiches, soup, salad and one protein, WORK from 7 to 4 on roads, learning how to lay asphalt /concrete… Total Rehab with criminal activity AND drug addiction will be complete.
So glad to see that our jail personnel are doing their required job descriptions. NOT! You don’t get what you pay for.
They need a rule: if caught with drugs, no visitors for 3 years.
And what do we do? Restrict commissary for the MOST basic items for compliant inmates.
It’s time to review and hold the officer/lieutenant responsible for commissary contracts accountable. Humane treatment includes access to basic supplies and ANYTHING of nutritional value. It’s not as if the facility is paying for it.
There’s only so much one man can do for the other that only wants to hurt himself. Real.
Thank you, Sheriff deputies, for being so on top of this — and offering to educate the public! Opioid addiction can (and does) happen to anyone — and, unfortunately, drugs are too available in our society that values freedom of choices. And not everyone who is a county jail inmate is guilty of anything besides bad luck! Most have not even gone to trial.
Is it hard to learn how to administer Narcan? Sounds like the video is worth a watch!