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| Carbon monoxide leak sickens 73 juveniles, 3 staff at prison |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/21/2004 |
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A faulty heating unit caused a carbon monoxide leak at a juvenile prison on Monday, sickening 73 juveniles and three staff who were treated at a hospital, a spokeswoman said. All were released from Marion General Hospital Monday afternoon and returned to Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility, said Andrea Kruse, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Most complained of headaches and nausea. A staff member noticed the odor at 7:15 a.m. on Monday and immediately evacuated the 127 offenders in that section of the prison, she said. She said the problem with the heating unit had been corrected and the juveniles were back in that section of the prison later Monday. Most of the inmates at the prison about 40 miles north of Columbus are 15 or older and have committed violent offenses, she said. |
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