No Mail for You: How Mail Scanning Policies are Destroying Inmates and their Families

April 02, 2024 00:33:04
No Mail for You: How Mail Scanning Policies are Destroying Inmates and their Families
Prison Pen Pal Podcast
No Mail for You: How Mail Scanning Policies are Destroying Inmates and their Families

Apr 02 2024 | 00:33:04

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Show Notes

Prisons in over 15 states no longer deliver physical mail. Birthday cards, letters, and family photos now all must get scanned and uploaded to an inmate's tablet. Those without a tablet can pay for a printed color copy of the mail. The process is slow and flawed; mail often can take months to arrive, the quality of the scans is abysmal. What's worse, the purported benefit of reducing drugs and dangerous contraband from entering facilities never came to fruition. In fact, Missouri reported more drug overdoses a year after their Mail Scanning Policy was implemented. In this week's episode, Big Steve unveils the real reasons why prisons have implemented these draconian measures. The answer may surprise and sadden you. He will also explore the ways these sadistic policies by prison officials have created more harm than good for everyone involved.

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