Contraband

The plan was foiled after an inmate used a monitored phone line to place the order

Detecting and identifying drugs entering correctional facilities

How to implement effective mail screening as part of a comprehensive interdiction strategy

Court declares surgeon to be a “state actor” subject to federal civil rights law and rejects qualified immunity for her and two prison officials

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 three were trying to deliver fentanyl, meth, crack cocaine and marijuana to the Limestone Correctional Facility

Everyone has reason to be concerned as reports of fentanyl exposures and overdoses in correctional facilities are increasing across the country

The charges are in connection with an alleged conspiracy to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids known as K2 and Spice into MCI Shirley

The indictment described the ring as a criminal enterprise that worked to move cellphones, drugs, jewelry, clothing and cash items into the prison

One CO allegedly received more than $15K from inmates over eight months for giving out contraband items

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

In 2022, over 6,700 phones were seized, which were used to traffic in drugs, collect money and orchestrate murders, according to testimony

Deputies seized one pound ten ounces of methamphetamine, 30 cellular telephones, 44 large bags of tobacco and three small bags of marijuana

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