PHOENIX — Four female inmates were hospitalized Sunday morning after showing “seizure-like” symptoms at a prison in Goodyear, authorities said.

At 8:22 a.m., paramedics took four women from Perryville Prison to the hospital for medical evaluation, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry said.

Initial information suggests the seizures were a result of illegal drug use, authorities said.

The four women have since been cleared from the hospital and have returned to the prison near Citrus and McDowell roads.

Additional inmates at the prison were evaluated and drug tested, authorities said. One more woman at the prison tested positive for the undisclosed substance and was treated accordingly.

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