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MI: Jail to Go With Post Card Only Mail

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Isabella jail to go with post card only mail Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 By SUSAN FIELD Clare Managing Editor Citing the time consuming process of sorting mail and the contraband sometimes found in envelopes, Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski is following the lead of other Michigan jails and implementing a post card only mail system. Once the jail's supply of envelopes is used, inmates will be able to purchase stamped post cards from Keefe Commissary, the sheriff said. As of May 1, all outgoing and incoming mail, with the exception of legal or judicial correspondence, will be restricted to post cards. Inmate to inmate mail will no longer be processed, the sheriff said. Several factors led to the decision, including an effort to streamline corrections officers' duties to focus on inmate care and security at the jail, Lt...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 01, 2010 (boomark / email).