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.
Auditors said they were able to carry “a welding rod, a flat piece of stainless steel and a piece of welded scrap metal” through metal detectors at one facility without detection
A gang-led operation allegedly used “drug mules” who intentionally got arrested to deliver narcotics into the Riverside County detention facility, authorities say
A woman was caught attempting to throw fentanyl and Suboxone strips over the Ash Street Jail wall to her inmate boyfriend, authorities say
Authorities say a prison food employee who was smitten with an Indiana inmate smuggled a wedding ring behind bars
From vet visits to ballistic vests and drug detection tools, here’s how to promote the health and safety of your four-legged officers
A female correctional officer found $6,233 along with “a clear plastic bag” of roughly 1 gram of methamphetamine in Ashley Rolland’s vagina
The indictment describes how inmates spoke openly on recorded prison phone lines about drug shipments and coordinated how to get them into the facility
If we can predict that some staff may fall victim to manipulation or corruption, then we can put measures in place to help to prevent it
The sheriff used the incident to call for the government to stop its ban on jamming cellphone signals
In one stream, he said he set up a GoFundMe page for his cellmate
The 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Jake suddenly became ill on July 18 after he came into contact with a drug known as flakka during a prison contraband sweep
The prison has been placed on lockdown status while state police investigate
The purchase is the first to be made using money from a $37 million settlement with McKesson Corp.
The man used a DJI Phantom 4 drone
The video was taken by an inmate using a smuggled cellphone
U.S. Rep Matt Cartwright called for reforms on how inmates receive mail
The K-9 fell seriously ill after coming into contact with synthetic marijuana
A man serving life for stabbing his parents and three siblings to death tried to attack staff with an 8-inch long “sharpened instrument”
Inmates and their associates will try just about anything when it comes to smuggling drugs and other contraband behind bars
The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2010 on behalf of former inmates
“We do everything we can to keep contraband out of the jail,’’ sheriff said. “We don’t need the public throwing it to them”
One photo showed him sitting with a group of inmates as he fanned out dozens of $100 bills
Eliminate the potential for improvised weapons by using cleaning tools made from materials that can’t be sharpened
The inmate had the weapon hidden in his pants for more than 90 minutes at the jail and, after he ditched it in a garbage can, nearly two days elapsed before the weapon was discovered
The system only costs a few hundred dollars
They called the amount a “conservative” estimate of the cash Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel earned distributing cocaine, heroin and marijuana in the US
Autauga Metro Jail had previously stopped serving fruit to prevent inmates from making contraband alcohol
The funding could bring medication-assisted treatment to as many as 1,200 new patients
The ruptured plastic bag contained an unknown substance believed to be illicit drugs
The smuggling of drugs and other contraband into county-run jails has recently been an issue
Jahbrisha Marie Ebony Pennick left marijuana, tobacco and other contraband at a rest area for it to be picked up by an inmate
The prisoner apparently used a smuggled cell phone to create his own Facebook page where he posted photos and videos from inside his cell
The prison system already offers naltrexone and Vivitrol — non-additive treatment drugs that block opioid receptors — to inmates
