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| Prisons put new limits on inmate visits to help stamp out drugs |
| By saukvalley.com- Rebecca Beitsch |
| Published: 05/31/2017 |
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WASHINGTON – In New Hampshire, a new rule bars inmates and their visitors from hugging for more than 3 seconds. In Virginia, prisoners now must change their underwear before and after receiving a visitor. And states across the country are placing new limits on what kind of mail inmates can receive. All of the changes are designed to keep drugs, especially opioids, out of prison. Of particular concern is Suboxone, an addiction-treatment drug whose razor-thin strips, designed to be placed under the tongue like breath strips, are easily hidden. The drugs can help tame withdrawals for those already addicted to opioids or provide a mild high to those who are not. Read More. |
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