Drugs in prayer card with Jesus' image mailed to inmate
Authorities say the discovery was made Tuesday as guards were sifting through a prisoner's mail.
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Authorities say the discovery was made Tuesday as guards were sifting through a prisoner's mail. (Photo: AP)
Prison officials in Massachusetts say someone tried to send drugs to an inmate by mailing a laminated prayer card that contained wafer-thin strips of a prescription narcotic.
The Boston Globe reports that the state Department of Corrections discovered orange strips of Suboxone sandwiched inside the card, which featured an illustration of Jesus Christ and offered a prayer of comfort.
The card containing more than a dozen strips of the drug was mailed to an inmate housed at the state’s medium-security prison in Concord.
Authorities say the discovery was made Tuesday as guards were sifting through a prisoner’s mail.
Corrections spokesman Chris Fallon says Suboxone is in demand and inmates are “always coming up with creative ways” to obtain it.
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