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How deadly synthetic drugs are smuggled into Ohio prisons
Drugs are commonplace in Ohio prisons. Here’s how they find their way in.
Illegal drugs and cell phones are smuggled into Ohio prisons by employees, vendors, and visitors. The black market drug trade flourishes inside prisons that are under 24-hour surveillance.
Drug-soaked paper, sold in confetti-sized hits, is now the most commonly found drug in Ohio prisons, fueling violence and accounting for more deaths than any other substance, according to a yearlong investigation by the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal, Canton Repository and The Marshall Project – Cleveland.
Tens of millions of tax dollars have been spent on tighter security, including taller perimeter fences, anti-drone technology and the electronic delivery of mail.
Yet an unknown number of employees and contractors continue to sneak significant amounts of drugs through the front entrance with little consequence.
Most illicit drugs are illegal in Ohio and throughout the country.
However, some things – like tobacco, marijuana, lighters and cell phones – are legal in free society but prohibited for people incarcerated in Ohio prisons.