An investigation is launched after three inmates were taken by ambulance from HMP Kilmarnock.
Three prisoners have been taken to hospital following suspected drug misuse at an East Ayrshire prison.
Joanne Edwards, the health board's director of acute services, said: "We are aware of a small number of prisoners who have been admitted to University Hospital Crosshouse following suspected drug misuse.
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