A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death. That's according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Marc Fisher was a mailroom supervisor at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California.
WASHINGTON — A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press., died Friday after he reported feeling ill earlier, the people said. They said he was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead later in the evening.
Investigators are examining whether he was exposed to a substance authorities believe was fentanyl while he screening mail at the prison, the people said. The people could not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Fisher’s cause of death remained unknown Saturday and it was unclear whether the potential exposure may have contributed. Briefly touching fentanyl
His death is the latest serious incident in the Bureau of Prisons, which operates 122 federal prisons and has faced myriad crisis in recent years fromBiden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on borderIn 2019, the agency began photocopying inmate letters and other mail at some federal correctional facilities across the country instead of delivering the original parcels, in an attempt to combat the smuggling of synthetic narcotics.
Legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers in 2023 to require the Bureau of Prisons’ director to develop a strategy to interdict fentanyl and other synthetic drugs sent through the mail to federal prisons nationwide. The bill has stalled in the House.Sisak is an Associated Press reporter covering law enforcement and courts in New York City, including former President Donald Trump’s criminal and civil cases and problems plaguing the federal prison system.
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