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.
Goose, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever, has already helped uncover narcotics in his first year on the job, boosting safety and morale at the 800-bed facility in Hennepin County
Seth Adam Depiano, already serving a 13-year sentence for a $24M Ponzi scheme, now faces charges of wire fraud and identity theft in connection to a new $10 million scheme
The DOJ said Alvin S. Glenn COs learned of two inmate killings from outsider calls: one via voicemail and another by someone watching a Facebook Live of the killing
The corrections officer was stabbed during the noon meal in the facility’s dining hall
Starting in August or September, state prison leaders hope to begin “pat/frisk searches” on all staff and visitors who enter the prisons
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Court settlement amounts against prisons and jails that did not provide deaf inmates with the ability to make legally entitled telephone calls have totaled in the millions
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The inmate used wire cutters that were likely dropped from a drone as part of an elaborate escape plan
Prison officials said there are security concerns in allowing a female inmate to breast-feed her infant during regular visiting hours
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Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. said that jail officials are cooperating with the investigation and that millions have been spent on safety and security upgrades
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Six officers barricaded themselves inside a bathroom at the prison until help arrived
Federal immigration officials say they will detain Augusto “Willie” Falcon when he is released Saturday from a Kentucky prison after serving most of a 20-year sentence
Inmates led the criminal conspiracy, using contraband cellphones to direct drug deliveries, sales and payments with people on the outside
Investigators found hydrocodone, meth and marijuana wrapped inside a burrito
A man dubbed by investigators as one of Miami’s last “cocaine cowboys” pleaded not guilty to decades-old drug trafficking charges that could land him in prison for life
Richard Wershe, known as “White Boy Rick,” is serving a life sentence with occasional opportunities for parole
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says a new policy urging harsher punishments for most criminals is meant to target the worst criminals, not fill prisons
Drugs have long been a problem in prisons, but the opioid epidemic is straining the resources of prison staff in a way other drugs have not
Nicholas D. Kean, who testified that John Barnett once showed him a gun, ended a text message to Barnett with the words, “this switchblade goin thru your kidney”
Steve Cook helped craft Sessions’ directive urging federal prosecutors to seek the steepest penalties for most crime suspects
Fazliddin Kurbanov allegedly stabbed the warden at the federal correctional facility in Victorville, California, in 2016
The measure makes flying a drone intentionally over a stadium or correctional facility punishable by up to six months in jail
The ban begins in January
Prisons across the country routinely inspect mail for contraband, but legal mail is considered to be sacrosanct because of its constitutional implications
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