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Thursday, March 21, 2019

Anti-Drug Smuggling Policies Are Increasingly Isolating Prisoners

People are getting more creative about smuggling drugs into jails and prisons.

What might appear to be a normal letter to an inmate could be saturated with liquid K2, a synthetic marijuana. An average-looking greeting card may be concealing drugs between its layers. In August, Pennsylvania state prisons went on a nearly two-week lockdown after the Department of Corrections claimed about 60 staffers were sickened by synthetic cannabinoids. That same month, nearly 30 employees at an Ohio state facility reportedly received treatment for fentanyl exposure, which some say can yield negative effects if accidentally touched or inhaled.

Citing similar safety concerns, state and local corrections facilities around the country are restricting prisoners' interaction with the outside world.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your’re in jail for a reason, drugs are not your entitlement, tell family and friends not to send them and you wont be isolated, dumb arses!

Anonymous said...

7:13 you might as well be talking to the wall,they're in there because they are DUMB ASSES. They won't change they're too stupid.