Legislation aims to prevent drug deaths in prisons

Legislation aims to prevent drug deaths in prisons

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., to introduce the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics in Mail Act (BOP SCAN Mail Act).

Fetterman Proposes Bill To Keep Drugs Out Of Federal Prisons

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is looking to stop drug smuggling in federal prisons.  The Democrat Fetterman and Republican West Virginia Senator Jim Justice have teamed up to introduce the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics in Mail Act.  The bill would require the Bureau to develop and implement a digital scanning system that would detect fentanyl and other synthetic drugs being smuggled by mail.  Fetterman’s off…