Sheriff Gary Driskell reports that three inmates at the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center were transported to a local medical facility for medical evaluation after experiencing a medical episode.
At approximately 9:00 pm on Wednesday night, February 5, Corrections deputies reported three offenders who were experiencing shortness of breath and other symptoms. Acadian Ambulance was called to the L.E.C. and subsequently, all three offenders were transported to a local medical facility for treatment.
They were transported back to the SMPLEC after evaluation on Wednesday night.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑨𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍
No further details are available at this time and the incident remains under investigation.