This bill classifies trafficking of electronic contraband and vaping devices in prisons as a Class D crime.
The bill amends the law governing items identified as prison contraband in Maine. It specifies that trafficking in prison contraband is a Class C crime, except when the contraband is electronic or a vaping device. For these items, trafficking is classified as a Class D crime. The bill defines "electronic contraband" as unauthorized mobile telephones or handheld electronic communication devices and "vaping device" as a device simulating smoking using an atomizer, power source, and container for ingesting substances.
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