After officials at the Western Virginia Regional Jail in Salem, Virginia, intercepted drug-soaked pictures in inmate's mail the facility is no longer allowing its inmates to receive personal photographs in the mail.
According to Bobby Russell, the jail superintendent, the intercepted photographs had been saturated in liquid suboxone (suboxone is a partial opioid which is used to treat opiate addiction) and the drug is able to be absorbed through chewing. Apparently it can be difficult for investigators to detect suboxone, especially on photos, but it reportedly leaves a slight yellow stain on white paper. The bigger problem is that this process can be used with other substances, such as crystal meth... if the drug can be liquefied then it can saturate a variety of mediums.
The jail had previously banned inmates from receiving papers containing drawings or paintings, as well as all nonwhite paper, and greeting cards are prohibited. Why you ask? Because apparently many greeting cards are embossed or raised on the front, and people were taking those cards, putting on a really thick coating of nontoxic glue and then taking a needle and injecting narcotics into that glue before it dries. Once dried inmates could chew the greeting card (or other paper product) and enjoy the embossed narcotic (just like LSD).
As to the latest personal photograph ban, and per Bobby Russell: "We stopped it at this point to determine our best avenue for detection or other alternatives for the inmates to receive pictures. We understand people want to see their kids and family members and everything, but we have to think about the safety of the inmates." Jail officials are looking into other ways for inmates to receive pictures, and they are also in discussions with a company the manufactures a "mail screening product".
The jail had previously banned inmates from receiving papers containing drawings or paintings, as well as all nonwhite paper, and greeting cards are prohibited. Why you ask? Because apparently many greeting cards are embossed or raised on the front, and people were taking those cards, putting on a really thick coating of nontoxic glue and then taking a needle and injecting narcotics into that glue before it dries. Once dried inmates could chew the greeting card (or other paper product) and enjoy the embossed narcotic (just like LSD).
As to the latest personal photograph ban, and per Bobby Russell: "We stopped it at this point to determine our best avenue for detection or other alternatives for the inmates to receive pictures. We understand people want to see their kids and family members and everything, but we have to think about the safety of the inmates." Jail officials are looking into other ways for inmates to receive pictures, and they are also in discussions with a company the manufactures a "mail screening product".
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