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Coffee Creek Correctional Facility mailroom

Narcan is on hand for use inside the mailroom at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. August 28, 2023Beth Nakamura

Daniel Brackins sat at a corner desk along a cinder block wall, flipping past Fendi photo spreads in the September issue of Elle magazine. A faint mark snaking across a Burberry ad caught his eye.

He paused, trying to determine if the magazine’s perfume sample had left residue. Or had the glossy page been soaked with methamphetamine?

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