LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Law enforcement in Scott County, Indiana said three people are now facing charges after officers intercepted meth and fentanyl from coming into the jail.
Sheriff Jerry Goodin said they first began investigating the case in November when staff discovered drugs that had been mailed to incarcerated people.
Goodin said the letters listed return addresses as attorneys, which aren't allowed to be searched under jail protocol.
He said preventing drugs from coming into the jail all comes down to safety.
"Fentanyl is a very deadly drug," Goodin said. "We know that if my employees come into contact with this fentanyl through the mail or contract through the prisoners, it's a great possibility that they could die. Also in the same manner, the inmates that are receiving this fentanyl through the mail, could ingest it and die also."
Goodin said the arrests show the importance of their new mail policy.
He said any letters that get mailed to the jail now get sent off-site where they're scanned and sent to incarcerated people electronically.
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