Jessica Monique Odom was charged last week with trafficking drugs into Mobile County Metro Jail. An inmate died of an overdose in July.
The corrections deputy allegedly smuggled in sheets of paper laced with fentanyl into the county jail, according to Fox 10.Burch said fentanyl that makes its way into Mobile County Metro Jail is divided up and sold by inmates, who either swallow, smoke the drug or dissolve it into coffee.
“They’ll have a piece of paper, and they’ll tear a corner off,” he said, according to Fox 10. “That’s 40 bucks. And like I said, this piece might be fine; the next piece might be fine. Then you get one down here that’s a little more saturated, it will kill you.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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