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As drugs surge, NH takes away inmate perks
By seacoastonline.com
Published: 02/27/2017

CONCORD — New Hampshire prison officials don't allow inmates to get legal briefs through the mail; they've removed vending machines and board games from visiting rooms, and have barred prisoners and visitors from kissing.

The state insists the restrictions are necessary to stop drugs from entering the prisons.

Fueled by the ongoing opioid crisis, prison officials said that drugs in prisons are on the rise and that the numbers of inmates testing positive for drugs has more than tripled since 2014.

"I am responsible for maintaining a safe and secure facility for the safekeeping of all inmates," said William Wren, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. "What happens if I know there is a way drugs are coming into my facility and don't do something to stop it? Then, shame on me."

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