For months, the city’s Department of Corrections — with the support of Mayor Adams — has argued it needs to change mail delivery on Rikers Island.

It said it needed a contractor to open detainee’s mail and scan it onto these tablets.

It argued mail was being soaked in drugs, like fentanyl, leading to overdoses on Rikers Island.

So detainees should only have access to mail via a tablet.

But after months of debate, the department’s oversight body, the Board of Correction, did not move the proposal forward on Tuesday. Not a single member said it deserved a vote.

A second controversial proposal to limit packages on Rikers to only those from outside vendors, like Amazon, could also not get a vote.

By not moving them forward, they were defeated without a vote.

“Today’s inaction is very, very disappointing,” Correction Commissioner Louis Molina said. “One thing the department has not had over the last decade is action.”

Both measures drew ire from advocates and officials who said it would limit detainees contact with loved ones on the outside.

Critics blamed department staff and contractors for bringing in drugs.

This week the department began scanning random staff upon entry at one of its jails on Rikers. It plans to expand the scanners to its other facilities.

As for the mail proposal, the correction commissioner told NY1 it would explore its options on how to move forward.

“I think what will happen is, I will confer with counsel to see what other options are there,” Molina said. “My concern is we have to keep people safe and I don’t want people to overdose because they are receiving contraband narcotics via the mail.”

This is just the latest clash between the city’s Department of Correction and its oversight body. In recent months, the department has limited the board’s access to surveillance video on Rikers. The board contends that the move limits its ability to conduct oversight.