Contraband
Contraband received is handled as follows:
· Cash, personal checks, and two-party checks will be removed from the envelope and returned to the sender.

· Any money order or cashier's check will be credited to the inmate's trust account.

· Greeting cards that are padded, laminated, musical, or larger than 8"x10" will be returned to the sender in the original envelope along with all other contents of the envelope.

· Other items not authorized by policy or directive will be inventoried and sent to the property officer. The property officer will send a copy of the inventory to the inmate. The confiscated items will be placed in the property contraband storage and disposed of according to Department policy.
Care will be taken at all levels of the mail handling and delivery system to ensure that mail is delivered intact to inmates and not tampered with, except as necessary to determine compliance with this directive.

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