Contraband
Contraband refers to unauthorized items smuggled into correctional facilities, posing significant security risks. This section provides articles that explore the detection, prevention, and management of Contraband within prisons and jails. Topics include common types of contraband, the methods used to introduce these items, and the technologies and strategies employed to combat this ongoing challenge. Understanding the dynamics of Contraband is crucial for correctional professionals dedicated to maintaining a secure and safe environment. For further insights, explore related topics on Correctional Management.
K-9 Kimbo alerted deputies to a cell’s lower bunk, where they found a clear bag with small bags and blue latex glove fingertips containing unknown substances
When we see a fellow staff member – sworn or civilian – start down a slippery slope, we should try to get them back on the right path
The 38 weapons were seized at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center shortly after a CO was exposed to a synthetic cannabinoid and knocked unconscious
A retired federal corrections officer has been charged with distributing heroin
An investigation is underway after this photo of a Hinds County inmate eating a turkey leg from the State Fair turned up on Facebook
Sent razor blades, knives, cell phones and charges, plastic handcuff keys, super glue and five feet of pliable metal hidden inside books with secret compartments to dangerous inmates
When it was x-rayed, four plastic sealed bags of tobacco and cell phones were found inside the keyboard
Officers found more than two ounces of the drug more commonly known as “K2" or “Spice” inside Eldin Collado’s cell
Inmate said cellphones were for sale inside the prison for $120
Kenneth Gregory, 47, is charged with assault, armed criminal action and possession of a weapon in a jail
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Part-time mail clerk stumbled onto the scheme after finding drugs underneath the stamp of a letter that wasn’t sticking properly
Three new prison laws are going into effect in Maryland soon in the hopes of discouraging the smuggling of contraband into facilities
The Ohio Department of Corrections will begin testing ‘blimp drones’ after Warren County prisons this week
Jeffrey Taylor, 48, was charged late Tuesday night with bribe receiving and promoting prison contraband at the city jail
Made a deal to plead guilty to a single count of bribery if other charges against him were dropped
Mansfield post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is stepping up efforts to catch criminals in the act of throwing contraband over fences.
Visitors of the prisoners had stashed hashish in meat sandwiches delivered to the inmates
A threat by an inmate led to a shakedown at the Jennings County Jail in southern Indiana
Contraband included four cell phones, four ounces of marijuana, tobacco and cigarettes
The New Mexico Department of Corrections says it is cracking down on people smuggling Suboxone into prisons
State police have ruled attack by inmate on male correctional officer at SCI-Coal Township as attempted homicide
Inmate put the officer in a choke hold in the prison yard Sunday morning and tried to slash the officer’s throat with a weapon
Drugs were found inside her vagina
The baseballs were filled with marijuana, tobacco and a cell phone
He assaulted staff after they tried to get him to spit out a bag of suspected crack cocaine
Move was also made to encourage better inmate behavior
New York corrections officers will have their lunches x-rayed for drugs or weapons before they enter jails
Legal highs include things like synthetic cannabis, also known as spice, and BOM, which causes hallucinogenic trips like LSD
Nekoase Antwan Vinson and Henry Ison Rouse retrieved drugs and other contraband from Emma Mae Faulk’s coffin, believed left in the coffin by other relatives
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