Keeping the drugs out: Jails, prisons find a steep challenge
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – As New Hampshire stares down a heroin and opioid crisis, corrections officials and lawmakers are seeking new ways to keep drugs out of jail cells as visitors and inmates continually find ways to smuggle them in.
While drugs in jails have always been an issue, officials say the present crisis is bringing new challenges and, at some facilities, a higher volume of drugs.
Recently passed legislation funds six full body scanners in the state prisons, and officials are consi
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