New MI Department of Corrections policy requires all legal mail photocopied before given to inmates

Starting in January, all original copies of legal and confidential mail sent to prisoners will be destroyed.

The measure is an effort to combat drugs being smuggled as contraband, hidden in or smeared onto legal documents.

During a state house hearing, Kyle Kaminsky, the Legislative Liaison for the Department of Corrections said drug smuggling makes prisons unsafe…

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