Detention facility ramps up security after 8 overdoses in 2 weeks

Administrators at the Chehalis juvenile facility will reduce visitors, implement “no contact” visits and increase searches to curb drug overdoses.

CHEHALIS, Wash. — After eight drug overdoses in the last two weeks, administrators at the troubled Green Hill School in Lewis County are increasing security measures.

“We are very concerned about this and feel that something tragic could happen if we don’t address the overcrowding and take aggressive steps to reduce the introduction of contraband,” said Ross Hunter, secretary of the Department of Children, Youth and Families, which runs Green Hill.

In a press release Wednesday, the department said the inmate overdoses were caused

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