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| Opening Mail Is Busy Work For NJ Prison |
| By nj.com |
| Published: 11/15/2010 |
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NEWARK — Corrections officer Deborah Roberts sits at a metal desk facing a cinder block wall. Her job this morning is to help open every piece of mail entering Northern State Prison in Newark, one of New Jersey’s most secure facilities. Inside one envelope is a colorful Halloween card with pumpkins on the front. When she opens it, a tiny speaker embedded in the card plays a muffled song. Roberts takes a letter opener the size of a screwdriver and pries the device from the card. Then the mailroom supervisor disconnects the battery, and the tinny music dies. Roberts runs her hands over the card, checking for drugs in the seams. Finding none, she places it back in the envelope and seals it with a single piece of tape. The inmate got his cheerful card, without musical accompaniment. Read More. |
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