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State prisons to get body scanners to keep drugs out
By concordmonitor.com- Allie Morris
Published: 06/17/2016

Full-body scanners are soon coming to the state’s prisons and jails.

Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan signed a $2 million bill this week that funds their placement in all three state prisons and gives grants to counties that want to install the scanners at local jails.

“Preventing illicit substances from entering state prisons is important to combating the heroin and opioid crisis,” Hassan said in a statement. “Body scanners can be an important tool to help prevent dangerous and addictive illicit substances from entering state correctional facilities and ending up in the hands of prisoners.”

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