Everyone knows that staff are the biggest source of prison contraband, but banning books is way easier than pissing off the correctional officer unions.
@thecityreporter.nycNew York’s crackdown on physical mail in state prisons was supposed to help stem the flow of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs behind bars. But the number of times prison staff administered Narcan after suspected overdoses jumped 51% last year.
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Who's smuggling fentanyl into New York's prisons?
The use of Narcan jumped 51% last year, while overdose deaths remain far above levels in 2021, when the state restricted physical mail to stop the smuggling of prison contraband.
