Senator Justice Introduces the BOP SCAN Mail Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Senator Jim Justice introduced theBureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics in Mail Actalso known as theBOP SCAN Mail Act.This legislation would require the Bureau of Prisons to develop and implement a digital scanning strategy to prevent the smuggling of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs into Federal correctional facilities by mail:
“Protecting police officers and prison support staff from deadly fentanyl is not a partisan issue and catching it through whatever avenue it is smuggled shouldn’t be either. In West Virginia, far too many lives have been lost due to mailed-in synthetic drugs and fentanyl to correctional facilities. Inmate mail is an often-overlooked smuggling route, but with this bill, we protect correctional officers, prison support staff, and stop deadly drugs from reaching inmates,”said Senator Jim Justice.
Senator Justice is joined in this effort by co-lead Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) and Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH).
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