Contraband

3rd-degree charge for promoting prison contraband was part of an ongoing investigation

Products designed to detect contraband in correctional facilities

Spend your resources on contraband prevention early and save on the interest you’ll pay for response

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Legislation in the state budget would grant the Board of State and Community Corrections the power to shut down juvenile camps and Secure Youth Treatment Facilities

In the wake of a staffing crisis and reports of increased violence and drug use, a state agency report called for Los Angeles County's juvenile halls to be closed

They can be a threat to the prison environment – could they be an asset too?

Drug drop offs at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall are so blatant that arrows were spray painted on the fences to indicate where to throw the substances

The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act seeks to allow state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems

In the persistent ploys to get contraband into prisons, the skies are playing a growing role

Six inmates have died in 2022 due to drug overdoses compared to one death in 2021

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