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The issue appeared to be that note cards weren't allowed. Presumably, there would have been no problem if his family copied them onto 8.5 x 11 paper. I don't kn
by troupe 4y ago
The issue appeared to be that note cards weren't allowed. Presumably, there would have been no problem if his family copied them onto 8.5 x 11 paper. I don't know why they would ban notecards, but it seems at least possible that the jail had a previous issue where someone used notecards do do something dangerous.
- jabedude 4y agoLikely some issue with a notecard being able to be fashioned into a weapon
- foxyv 4y agoI'm betting it's because of gambling. Note cards can be used more easily to produce playing cards. Sheets of regular paper become too unique when they are torn to be used for a fair card game. Most of these weird bans are attempts to prevent gambling.
- troupe 4y agoInteresting. Are cards banned from jails and prisons?
- idiotsecant 4y agoI'm not so sure...you can get a pretty regular edge with fold fold fold rip. I think it's more that cardstock type paper can be used to fabricate a pretty rigid thrusting weapon with the correct technique.
- QuarterReptile 4y agoThat could possibly have worked, if sent as 'letters'. His best chances are to find a lawyer acquaintance who will send the copied note cards on his official stationary so it's correspondence with a lawyer. The thing I've found most maddening when sending material to inmates is that you cannot, for obvious reasons, send used books. It's totally understandable, but things can become expensive.
- TuringTest 4y agoNot knowing much about the US prison system, I have to ask: why is obvious that you can't send used books to inmates? Is communication restricted in a way that you can't send them letters, and used books are banned because they could contain hidden messages, or what?
- wheybags 4y agoMore like hidden drugs or weapons
- TuringTest 4y agoI would assume the books are inspected before delivering them, to prevent this? Just like any other package delivered to the inmates. Why ban the books entirely?
- vorpalhex 4y agoIt's hard to inspect books. Books have been used to pass codes since their early creation. If an inmate is still engaged in criminal operations, passing books back and forth makes it easy to still operate. Also there is some risk of the book containing contraband. You can x-ray them but that doesn't catch everything, especially not narcotics.
- QuarterReptile 4y agoI don't know the full scope of what concealed stuff they're looking for, though I assume drugs are at the top of the list. I meant obvious that you can control the prison ecosystem with less inspection on site.