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DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1994                   TAG: 9406170160
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-1   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: By Ron Brown staff writer
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


STATE PRISONS TO INCREASE MEASURES TO RESTRICT DRUGS

The newly appointed head of the Virginia Department of Corrections says two recent drug incidents do not necessarily indicate a widespread security problem in the state's prisons.

But Ron Angelone, who took the reins last month, said he hopes to beef up measures to keep contraband out of the hands of inmates.


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