Contraband Detection

Officials suspect a larger-scale operation of contraband introduction into multiple Florida correctional institutions using drones

Detecting and identifying drugs entering correctional facilities

Innovations in T-ray technology allow CO staff to detect the smallest, hardest-to-find drugs and contraband that X-ray and other screening techniques can't find

Visitors and detainees already go through body scanners, but officers and staff have only been required to pass through metal detectors

The 22 attorney generals said the devices allow prisoners to plot violence and carry out crimes

Illegal items seized by deputies include marijuana, meth, cell phones and sex lube

At the time of his arrest, the deputy had a pound of individually wrapped cannabis-laced brownies in his lunchbox

Cherokee County Detention Center officials haven't found a shank, which is a weapon made from everyday items, for a couple of years

Updated security protocol for all staff, visitors, volunteers and all other personnel began on January 1, 2023

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

Contraband found inside the footballs included bags of marijuana, cellphones and chargers and packs of cigarettes

Officials propose barring detainees from receiving packages from anyone other than vendors that ship directly to consumers

A search of the suspects' vehicle found various packages wrapped in different colored duct tape containing meth and other contraband

Corrections officers, our protectors, need your interest, research and compassion just as much as the infamous predators and anonymous inmates they protect us from