Directs the commissioner to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities, including canines and a third-party mail program.

This bill amends the correction law to mandate the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to create a contraband screening plan at correctional facilities. The plan includes using trained canines to detect illegal drugs at entrances, searching visitors, staff, and items entering the facility, training staff on screening procedures, and implementing a third-party secure vendor mail program for non-privileged correspondence to incarcerated individuals.

Directs the commissioner to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities, including canines and a third-party mail program.

This bill amends the correction law to mandate the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to create a contraband screening plan at correctional facilities. The plan includes using trained canines to detect illegal drugs at entrances, searching visitors, staff, and items entering the facility, training staff on screening procedures, and implementing a third-party secure vendor mail program for non-privileged correspondence to incarcerated individuals.