The Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced that certain types of inmate mail will now be prohibited.
A surge in drug smuggling and trafficking inside Orange County’s jails has led the Sheriff’s Department to crack down on inmate mail after meth-soaked letters and other contraband were found creeping into the facilities.that certain types of inmate mail will now be prohibited. Jailers did not specify what letters would be banned, but said the mailroom is a common avenue for inmates to receive narcotics and other contraband.
The change is meant to decrease drug trafficking, which the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release has ballooned since 2011 when legislators passed Assembly Bill 109. That law shifted the responsibility of lower-level felons from state prisons to county sheriffs and probation departments. A body scanner similar to those used at airports also has been added to the jail’s intake and release center, sheriff’s officials said. Inmates sometimes try to conceal narcotics “on or in their person,” authorities say, so they will be searched when booked into the jail and after attending court, as well as randomly in their cells. Drug-sniffing canines also will conduct searches of the mailroom for contraband, according to the news release.
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