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Message sent to US Bureau of Prisons Director Harley G. Lappin
Subject: Ion Drug Detectors And Prison Visitation
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May 3, 2007
Nora Callahan
282 West Astor
Colville, WA 99114-2418
Dear Mr. Lappin:
My 85 year old mother tested positive and was ejected from federal prison
premises. The family stayed on, at great expense, in hopes today goes better.
I've researched this machines as much as I've been able, for many years and
if they worked, they would probably be using these machines in broader applications.
They aren't. Mostly prison visitation rooms -- drug detectors that is.
Policy that a secondary search can't be made seems to back up the suspicion
that many have -- the machines don't work.
I realize that the machines might work in ideal conditions, but glove changing,
filter changing and trained personnel are all qualifying conditions that
have to be met, for the machine to work well.
Anecdotally, people that get false positives blame hand lotion, dry cleaning
chemicals and handling money. Mostly, they probably don't work because the
technology is new and not accurate, the operators are not following procedures,
and people come into contact with particulates that test positive for illegal
drugs.
Perhaps a moratorium on their use, and cease the terrible emotional and financial
toll this machine and the policies take on people that try to visit their
loved ones.
Sincerely, Nora Callahan
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