A statement from the Sheriff's Office said investigators believed the drugs tied to the overdoses were smuggled into the jail inside genitalia.

Former inmates at Estrella Jail reveal how drugs get smuggled ... You know, things are coming over the fence. Women are bringing it in from cleaning up the side of the freeways.

The Estrella Jail, a women's facility, has seen a disproportionately high number of overdoses, with investigators suspecting drug concealment during booking. Newly elected Sheriff Jerry Sheridan ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says two people experienced an overdose on Feb. 18 at the Estrella Jail. This comes after the office reported 12 people overdosed in the same jail within the ...

PHOENIX — An inmate died of a fatal overdose at the Estrella Jail in Phoenix in the early hours of Valentine’s Day, authorities said. This incident was one of 12 overdose cases in the last ...

According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, a total of 12 overdoses happened recently at the Estrella ... being hidden in women’s genitalia and smuggled into the jail.

The overdoses were in the Estrella Jail, which houses women, both sentenced and un-sentenced. In the most recent overdose incident, four people were "rushed to medical care" on the morning of Feb ...