One of the most common strategies people use in an attempt to get contraband to a prison inmate is by hiding it in their incoming mail.

Beginning in November, the Tennessee Department of Correction will transition from physical mail to scanned, digitized personal mail for inmates.

Mail from family members, friends, and loved ones will be received at an off-site, centralized facility, where it will be scanned and delivered in a digital format to inmates on tablets issued by the TDOC.

This new process aims to reduce contraband and increase security while providing faster and more reliable mail delivery to inmates.

Letters will be delivered at no cost to the inmate, and inmates will have access to the letters for the duration of their incarceration.

Additionally, senders will be able to

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