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.
The FBI says Milan Federal Correctional Institution inmate David Verner used a smuggled cellphone to demand money and send explicit messages
Green Hill Facility recently announced it would be implementing new restrictions and increased searches after eight contraband-related emergencies in a two-week span
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The local sheriff called it the “wrong way of trying to help someone”
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Investigators located 30 milk cartons that contained marijuana, tobacco, and 12 cell phones in the milkman’s delivery truck
Officials said there is a growing contraband problem in Florida prisons
The bill is designed to help reduce the amount of contraband entering prisons
The memo comes after President Donald Trump called for death sentences for some drug dealers
Prosecutors say the inmate bragged about having the phone and called himself “a motivational speaker for gangsters”
The bill would require more extensive frisks and visual searches of anyone who visits any correctional facility in the state
Officials say mail deliveries and visits to inmates have been suspended until further notice
Lackawanna County officials are investigating how an inmate at the county prison obtained a cellphone
Lamarr Chambers’ lawyer said the suspect “would rather die” than go to the toilet
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A longtime milkman smuggled marijuana, tobacco and cellphones into an Ohio prison hidden inside milk cartons, a prosecutor said
Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order allowing South Carolina State Guardsmen to help patrol the perimeters of the state’s prisons
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care is collaborating with NJ’s prison system to address the drug and alcohol addiction among the state’s inmates
Utah lawmakers are working to find out more about deaths in Utah’s jails after a series of inmate deaths last year
In the right hands, drones can be a powerful asset to any correctional facility, rather than a recurrent threat
An addiction-treatment program that has reduced overdose deaths among individuals incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institutions could prove a national model
Deputies thwarted an attempt to smuggle impotence medicine, cellphones and tobacco into a North Carolina prison
Setting clear guidelines on what correctional officers expect inmates to do and following up is an effective way to maintain authority
Officials say they’re hopeful the meeting will lead to a solution that combats security issues posed by cellphones in the hands of inmates
The inmate’s guilty plea still doesn’t answer the question of how the substance, now said to have been fentanyl, got into the jail
For opioid toxicity to occur the drug must enter the blood and brain from the environment
Corrections officials are heading to Washington to discuss what they call their biggest security threat: cellphones in the hands of inmates
If administrators can understand why people become corrupt, they can better implement measures to deter unethical or illegal behavior
The DOC said that the number of incidents involving contraband at the state’s 54 prisons more than doubled over the last decade
Director Bryan Stirling said he’s enlisting the help of law enforcement to combat the issue outside prison fences
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