NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Correction Officers intercepted a meat cleaver that was mailed in a package to a Long Island correctional facility last week.
According to officials, an Amazon package addressed to an inmate was delivered to the Riverhead Correctional Facility last week and upon inspection, a meat cleaver was discovered to be among the contents.
The meat cleaver was confiscated while any other allowable items were delivered to the inmate at the correctional facility.
As per NYS Minimum Standards and Regulations for Management of County Jails and Penitentiaries, all packages sent to the Suffolk County Correctional Facility are opened and inspected.
“Careful inspection and processing of all mail and packages before they enter the correctional facility is critical. Any dangerous item, let alone a large knife, that makes its way into the facility could be deadly for staff and inmates alike," Sheriff Toulon said. "While this large meat cleaver was easy to detect, I thank my staff for their careful work in preventing smaller dangerous weapons and drugs from making their way inside through the US mail.”
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