opiate pills that are normally prescribed for pain are being abused by kids who eventually turn over to heroin because it costs a lot less money on the street. >> addiction also drives some inmates to feed their habits in jail. >> not what it happens often but there are occasions when the mail will be used to try and bring contraband into the facility. inmates become very ingenious and get relatives to try and mail them contraband, drugs. >> officer domenico was recently on mail room duty when he came across a suspicious birthday card. the card was soon turned over to one of the jail's investigators, officer obajinski. >> two cards glued together with four decks of heroin taped inside. it was addressed to inmate battaglia. >> the recipient of the card, nick battaglia, was immediately removed from his housing unit and confined to a single-person segregation cell. >> as far as inmate battaglia, no dealings with him inside the facility. very quiet inmate.

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