Carter Co., Tenn. -- As part of our mission at 11 Connects, we take time to answer questions you have in regard to our community.
Today, we were in Carter County, asking the sheriff's department and jail about bringing items to jail inmates. Most inmates have a very limited list of things they can receive from family and friends.
Beverly McIntosh, of Butler, wants to know why she was not allowed to bring her personal bible to an inmate at the Carter County jail. She said she brought one to dispatch, and they said she could absolutely not leave it for an inmate.
We took her questions to jail officials. Different from the dispatch, the answer was different from jail superintendent, Bobby Huffman, and chief deputy, Ron Street. Both say McIntosh is allowed to bring the bible. There are just strict procedures that must be followed.
"What we're very cautious about is the contraband being brought into the facility," said Street. "We do inspect anything that comes in and we have had instances where people have tried to bring narcotics in in religious books."
We spoke with McIntosh after she tried to bring the bible back to the jail again today. McIntosh said that again, she was told by the dispatch that she was not allowed to bring the bible to an inmate. It wasn't until she mentioned the jail superintendent's name that the dispatch finally took the bible. We called Chief Deputy Street, who said dispatch was giving McIntosh wrong information. He told us dispatch should know that they are allowed to take bibles. He said he would get the bible to Beverly McIntosh's inmate.
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