A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail. That's according to a new report from the city's Department of Investigation. It found the city's fentanyl tests returned a stunning 85% false positive rate. City officials had previously pointed to the prevalence of fentanyl-soaked l…

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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail. That’s according to a new report from the city’s Department of Investigation. It found the city’s fentanyl tests returned a stunning 85% false positive rate. City officials had previously pointed to th…

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NEW YORK — In 2022, New York City Prison Commissioner Louis Molina issued a terrible warning to local legislators: Fentanyl was coming to Rikers Island by mail, he said, which caused a crisis of overdose among prison detainees and put the guards at risk. As evidence of the insidious threat, Molina distributed a children’s picture of a reindeer, one of the hundreds of seized items that, according to him, had been “literally soaked in drugs and ma…

NUEVA YORK — En 2022, el comisionado de prisiones de la Ciudad de Nueva York, Louis Molina, lanzó una advertencia terrible a los legisladores locales: el fentanilo estaba llegando a Rikers Island por correo, dijo, lo que provocó una crisis de sobredosis entre los detenidos de la cárcel y puso en riesgo a los guardias. Como evidencia de la amenaza insidiosa, Molina distribuyó un dibujo infantil de un reno, uno de los cientos de artículos incautad…

Pruebas defectuosas de fentanilo impulsaron iniciativa de NYC para prohibir el correo en Rikers Island

Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island

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