Contraband Prevention

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

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

A memo said the inspections were "not to invade your privacy or due to a lack of trust," but to instead keep drugs out of the jail

View this webinar to learn real-life insights on how to maintain, protect, reduce and detect contraband

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

Since adding a body scanner to its intake process, the facility has seen a significant drop in drugs found during random shakedowns