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COLUMBUS– The drugs have just kept coming into county jails. No part of Ohio is immune. What’s changed in recent years is how Ohio sheriff’s departments have dealt with it. A months-long review by 10 ...

BELMONT COUNTY, OH (WTRF) — In Belmont County, the first person is found allegedly smuggling contraband in a body cavity, since the jail installed its new body scanner in early February.Sheriff Dave ...

Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, meth and other drugs are smuggled into jails in body cavities. Officials say drugs — the gold standard in jailhouse currency — lead to drug abuse, withdrawals, overdoses and ...