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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,613 posts) Fri Jul 30, 2021, 12:41 PM Jul 2021

The Biden Administration must walk back the MailGuard program banning letters ...

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NEW: The Biden Admin. is piloting a program that takes away incarcerated people's mail and replaces it with scans. The program will push people away from paper mail, and toward the more expensive options provided by the BOP's corporate partners. Read more:

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The Biden Administration must walk back the MailGuard program banning letters ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 OP

How will they scan the cakes ?🎂 OnDoutside Jul 2021 #1

A lot of people celebrated when Biden announced the BOP wouldn't contract with for-profit prisons WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #2

OnDoutside

(19,972 posts)

1. How will they scan the cakes ?🎂

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Fri Jul 30, 2021, 12:58 PM

Jul 2021

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,438 posts)

2. A lot of people celebrated when Biden announced the BOP wouldn't contract with for-profit prisons

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jul 30, 2021, 01:03 PM

Jul 2021

anymore. He of course said nothing about all the for-profit contractors that make money off the cash machine of the incarceration industry. The cruelty is astounding.

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