Prisoners in the Sonoma County jail will have most of their mail diverted to a Las Vegas inspection facility to hinder drugs and other contraband from entering the detention facility.

Jail mail will have to be sent through Pigeonly Mail Service starting Sept. 1, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said Friday on social media. The arrangement applies to all but so-called privileged mail, such as from lawyers.

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