Texas has issued a new state policy that prohibits inmates from receiving used and hardback books. The decision came after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice found that 385 books entering prisons across the state tested positive for synthetic drugs.
According to a report by Texas Tribune, the pages of those books contained traces of meth, marijuana, PCP, fentanyl, and other substances. Reportedly, these drugs were being dissolved into liquid form and sprayed onto books so inmates could later sniff them after receiving the packages. As one would expect, this major policy decision has not come without significant pushback.
