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No Opened Envelopes: Hawai’i Prisons Get New Mail Scanning Technology

Loaded on April 1, 2025 published in Prison Legal News April, 2025, page 39
Filed under: Mail Regulations, Police State-Surveillance, Antipsychotic Drugs/Forced Medication, Drug Laws/Offenses. Location: Hawaii.

The Hawai’i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) announced in September 2024 that it would purchase nine machines to scan inbound prisoner mail—including legal mail—for drugs. The new scanners claim to detect letters soaked with drugs without opening envelopes. The DCR purchased one for its administrative office and each of ...

 

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