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.
Combating contraband doesn’t mean sacrificing efficient and safe systems
Inmates and their accomplices pushed the boundaries of creativity with contraband smuggling in 2024 with drone drops, bribes and clever disguises
The Fully Blooded Felons leader pushed for gang members to become corrections officers so members could more easily smuggle drugs, the indictment said
The K-9 sniffed out two letters containing methamphetamine
Because of a surge of deaths, officials will soon provide medication to inmates addicted to opioids
The death is one of five recent overdoses at the jail
The inmate is accused of using his wheelchair in an attempt to smuggle heroin into the Orleans Justice Center jail
The man was charged with felony trafficking in illegal drugs and felony unlawful possession of controlled drug with intent to distribute
The jail — which is undergoing renovation — has about 360 locks. Approximately 200 of them don’t work
How KDOC’s Safety Division is training and equipping correctional personnel to safely respond to fentanyl-related incidents
Officials hope the devices will curb the amount of contraband cell phones being smuggled into facilities
Officers found four stolen watches in the suspect’s vaginal cavity after arresting her on multiple charges
Officers removed three syringes from the man’s rectum during a search
The alleged minister was arrested after deputies found his Bibles stuffed with drugs
An Okla. prison worker is facing drug charges after police found methamphetamine in his prosthetic leg
The officer tested above the DOC’s legal limit for morphine in 2016 after eating a poppy seed bagel before a drug test
The officer pleaded guilty to being paid by an inmate to smuggle the drugs into Hays State Prison
An inmate’s wife and daughter were caught near the prison’s front gate with a remote control and iPad in the backseat
VADOC’s program involves the use of Vivitrol, an FDA-approved non-narcotic that prevents the euphoric effects of opioids and reduces cravings
Dr. Marc Stern, a consultant in correctional healthcare, details the healthcare-related challenges facing correctional facilities
Inmate Scott Dozier has tried to cut his neck and wrist and obtain deadly drugs while waiting to be executed for murders committed in 2007
Inmates will get an injection of Vivitrol, which blocks brain receptors so opioids have no effect, before leaving jail in hopes it will give them time to set up a treatment program so they can stay sober
From inmate mental healthcare to officer recruitment and retention, the corrections profession faced many challenges in 2018
Judge Robert Pratt dismissed the suit because the inmates did not file amended complaints as requested last month
Officials say the alternative could “function as a triage center” so health care professionals could assess people in crisis and connect them to services
The officer had disclosed past drug use, including abuse of prescription drugs, LSD and cocaine, on his application
No COs were injured during the riot
“Department officials are investigating how contraband may have been brought into Death Row at the prison,” a CDCR spokeswoman said
The U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has offered a screenplay-worthy picture of the lawlessness and excesses during his rise to power
The exposure apparently coincided with an inmate requiring treatment for a suspected drug overdose and while a second inmate was being evaluated for a suspected overdose
Inmates used illegal cellphones to pose as underage women on dating sites, authorities said Wednesday
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