An inmate has overdosed inside the Ross County Jail.

It happened at around 6:30 p.m. on Friday when medics were called to 28 N. Paint Street.

The inmate was reportedly not breathing at the time the 9-1-1 was sent out to the ambulance.

The inmate’s name has not been released.

The overdose is just the latest in a string of deaths and overdoses, along with escapes, to plague the county facility.

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