Eight people at the Lynwood women's jail were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being exposed to a “toxic substance,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Just before 5 p.m., Century Regional Detention Center officers responded to a medical emergency involving several incarcerated women, the department said in a news release.
Officers “provided life-saving measures” before Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel transported six inmates and two employees to the hospital, officials told The Times.
“All of the women were conscious and breathing at the time of being transported,” the Sheriff's Department said Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, an official said all eight people were in stable condition.
The department did not provide any information about the ages of the affected inmates or whether they were all housed in the same unit.
Officials did not say what substance inmates and staff may have been exposed to or whether it was believed to be an illicit drug or another type of toxic chemical.
