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A private company scans, digitizes mail sent to NC prisons, and gives the incarcerated copies. Is that a problem?

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Private company TextBehind scans and digitizes all mail sent to the incarcerated. North Carolina is one of at least 14 states in which prison systems are replacing physical mail with scanned copies. Critics argue digitizing mail strips away privacy and sentimentality of mail. Four deaths by overdose in state prisons in 2019, five in 2021.

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A private company scans, digitizes mail sent to NC prisons, and gives the incarcerated copies. Is that a problem?

Mail sent to people incarcerated in North Carolina prisons is first sent to a P.O. Box in Phoenix, Maryland, where it is scanned. Digital copies are then sent to the incarcerated person’s prison, where the mailroom prints the approved pages and delivers them.

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