COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A method some Ohio prisons use to prevent drugs from being trafficked into facilities through the mail is being challenged in court, with a nonprofit law firm claiming it ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A nonprofit law firm has sued the Ohio prison system over a policy that directs corrections officials to read and scan inmates’ mail, including letters of private correspondence with ...

To appeal his conviction for burglary and related charges, James Bishop needed the legal papers a Jefferson County court clerk had mailed him in prison. But mailroom staff at Ohio’s Noble Correctional ...

Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) introduced new legislation Wednesday aimed at preventing drug smuggling through legal mail in correctional facilities. Senate Bill S.8492 would mandate that all legal ...

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center is changing the way inmates receive mail in an attempt to prevent contraband from being smuggled into the facility and ...

On January 5, the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) is switching to a new mail system for inmates, replacing the current ...

Rochester, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision arrested a woman Tuesday for allegedly sending narcotic-soaked legal mail to several inmates. DOCCS said ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A 30-year-old woman from Poughkeepsie has been arrested after being accused of sending mail soaked in drugs to multiple state prison inmates. The state Department of Corrections ...

LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Corrections is changing how inmates receive legal documents to prevent drugs from entering prisons. Prisons statewide will begin photocopying all ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas inmates will begin receiving most of their mail digitally starting this fall, according to the Arkansas Division of Correction's (ADC) website. ADC will begin transitioning to ...