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 streamline the current procedure.
“This is a crucial step forward in our ongoing efforts to improve the safety, security and efficiency of MDC operations,” MDC Warden Kai Smith wrote in a news release.. “By reducing the flow of physical mail and literature, we’re limiting opportunities for illicit materials to make their way into the facility while still ensuring that inmates have access to important personal and legal correspondence, as well as written literature.”
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The new mail system will replace hand-delivered mail with scanned digital copies accessible via a tablet. The scanning is performed off-site by a third-party service. MDC staff then review the document for any violations of the inmate mail policy.
However, legal mail, internal education materials and other approved documents will continue to be delivered physically, MDC said…