hey!
if they read the mail before inmates get it and i wrote the letter in german or russian or whatever language and the people didnt speak it, would hey call someone over to translate it or throw it away or simply give it to the inmate?

sasha, as far as i know, they still have to give the mail to the inmate. Alot of the inmates dont speak english and such.

I would like to know myself how ever if this could happen.

lulu

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At one point in my career, when I was an Internal Investigator for a DOC, part of what I did was "review" incoming mail. This was done on a very limited basis, and usually only when there was established suspicion for some reason.

Much of the mail was written in spanish (we had a large population of Hispanics). I don't read, write, or speak spanish, and the mail was simply forwarded to the inmate. Understand that normally, the mail is not specifically READ, but opened and checked for illegal contraband or unauthorized items.

I don't recall seeing any other foreign languages, but that mail would probably have been forwarded on as well. If the mail was subject to an active investigation, a translator would have been summoned. Most of the time, neither I, nor the mailroom staff had the time or the inclination to actually read the incoming mail.