Contraband: Concealment

Assistant inspector general estimates DOC mailroom workers only catch about half of the drugs entering prisons through the mail

Amanda Brown is accused of giving inmates prohibited items, including a vape pen

Panelists will review the training required for officers to manage custody transitions, as well as highlight strategies to improve safety during this process

“If you get 2 pounds of weed, it’s safe to assume it didn’t come in through the visit floor.”

Adding the B-SCAN body scanner to the screening process made it next to impossible for inmates to sneak drugs into the facility

Add iCMORE software to Smiths Detection X-ray machines to maintain positive flow while catching more contraband

Get the right tools to help you screen deliveries, food and other items

A former jail administrator recounts lessons learned from a contraband crackdown – in particular, why screening the mail is so important

Multiple screening steps and checkpoints, combined with varied screening technology, will help thwart smuggling into your facility to keep officers and inmates safer

Paper soaked in synthetic cannabinoids presents a serious problem when it comes to attempts to smuggle drugs into correctional facilities

To keep drugs, weapons and other disruptive items out of your facility, first identify gaps in your screening process, then adopt a variety of policies and tools to plug the holes

Consider these tools and techniques to help maintain the constant vigilance necessary to keep contraband drugs, phones and weapons out of your facility

Looking for a better way to catch contraband, this Oregon sheriff led the charge to make X-ray screening a common practice in the state’s county jails

Keeping our facilities safe requires us to think ahead of the inmate population

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