No Glitter, No Glue, No Meth?
Can Texas prisons really stop contraband by banning greeting cards?
Every February, Joseph Mallonee sends his mother a handmade birthday card, with pastel hearts and roses, mailed from the prison in Huntsville, Texas, where he is serving time. Three weeks later, his mother returns the favor, buying a card or two from the local dollar store and mailing it to the prison in time for her son’s birthday.
But not any more. As of March 1, Texas prisons have basically banned greeting cards.
“It makes me real sad, and him too,” said Margie Stone, whose son is incarcerated in Huntsville. “He spends a lot of his day alone in his cell so books and letters and
