Synthetic marijuana known as “K-2” is on the rise in Iowa’s prisons, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections.
A department investigation at the Clarinda Correctional Facility this week “uncovered a significant amount of evidence and material laced with the dangerous synthetic drug” Cord Overton, a spokesperson for the department, wrote in a news release Thursday.
Over the last week, Overton said, prison staff noticed a sudden increase of symptoms associated with K-2 consumption but didn’t specify which symptoms were being observed.
As a result, a prison-wide search was conducted and staff discovered at least 60 inmates found to have consumed, possessed or introduced K-2 in the Clarinda facility.
Evidence indicates the drug is coming into the prisons through the U.S. mail system, Overton said. In the release, the department provided an example of a book that was “discovered to have been contaminated with synthetic drugs that was sent through a book retailer.”
To combat that, the Iowa Department of Corrections has implemented a new policy requiring publications — such as books, magazines and newspapers — that are not already at the prison’s library be purchased by inmates, and only through department-approved, major book retailers.
That means friends, family or others can no longer send books to inmates.
Advocates for prisoners say…
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Synthetic marijuana known as “K-2” is on the rise in Iowa’s prisons, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections.
A department investigation at the Clarinda Correctional Facility this week “uncovered a significant amount of evidence and material laced with the dangerous synthetic drug” Cord Overton, a spokesperson for the department, wrote in a news release Thursday.
Over the last week, Overton said, prison staff noticed a sudden increase of symptoms associated with K-2 consumption but didn’t specify which symptoms were being observed.
As a result, a prison-wide search was conducted and staff discovered at least 60 inmates found to have consumed, possessed or introduced K-2 in the Clarinda facility.
Evidence indicates the drug is coming into the prisons through the U.S. mail system, Overton said. In the release, the department provided an example of a book that was “discovered to have been contaminated with synthetic drugs that was sent through a book retailer.”
To combat that, the Iowa Department of Corrections has implemented a new policy requiring publications — such as books, magazines and newspapers — that are not already at the prison’s library be purchased by inmates, and only through department-approved, major book retailers.
That means friends, family or others can no longer send books to inmates.
Advocates for prisoners say…
