It’s understandable that some prison-rights activists are angry over a limit placed on packages that can be delivered to inmates in state prisons, forcing their families and friends to pay exorbitant prices through approved vendors for some items and limiting the books offered.
But their issue is with the vendors used by the state for that purpose. The program was created because of growing risks of contraband, including drugs and weapons, being smuggled in by visitors, a problem that was further highlighted in a city jail at Rikers Island recently when a person whose role was supposed to be to counsel inmates was caught carrying two razor blades during a visit.
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