ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The state Department of Corrections dropped the year-long suspension of a local mother from visiting her son in prison.
A News10NBC investigation showed a prison body scanner mistook a surgical device in her body for contraband. Guards accused her of smuggling drugs and suspended her for a year.
Susan Fowler was one of several women News10NBC documented who were suspended because of faulty scans. There is now a proposed state law to protect women trying to visit loved ones in prison…