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DOC tells committee falsified legal mail and soaked papers are driving contraband problems
Summary
Department of Corrections staff told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee that falsified legal mail and paper soaked with synthetic drugs or insecticide are increasingly being used to introduce contraband. DOC described screening, photocopying and plans to demo mail-scanning technology.
Department of Corrections staff told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee on May 7 that the department is seeing a rise in falsified legal mail and paper soaked with drugs or insecticide used to introduce contraband into facilities.
Al Cormier, chief of operations, described the intake and mail process and recent trends. “Letters that do come in are are opened in front of the individual just to ensure that there's nothing for contraband in there,” Cormier said. He explained that staff inspect incoming mail for hidden substances and that DOC photocopies coloring books and pictures before delivering them to people in…
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