A 31-year-old woman arrested during a Kensington sweep last week died in jail days later
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/kensington-drug-sweep-amanda-cahill-died-jail-20240908.html
Amanda Cahill, of Roxborough, was one of 34 people arrested Wednesday during a coordinated sweep in Kensington. She was found dead in a jail cell Saturday morning.
John Mitchell, a spokesperson for the prisons, said the department had advance notice of the sweep in Kensington last week and were prepared for a surge of inmates. He said a nurse performing withdrawal assessments visited Cahill at about 1 a.m. Saturday, and Cahill “indicated she was fine.”
About six-and-a-half hours later, a nurse found Cahill unresponsive and administered CPR. Mitchell said a medical response team “continued lifesaving efforts,” but Cahill never regained consciousness, and was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m.
...
Clark said Cahill struggled with addiction since she was a teenager — first it was prescription pills, then heroin and fentanyl. But she was also a loving mother to two boys, ages 12 and 6, Clark said, and was “very funny and all-around caring.”
