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.
Experts speculate the gun used to kill, Aureon Shavea, 24, was smuggled into the prison by drone or through a back gate without a metal detector
Video from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shows an inmate knocking a deputy to the ground while surrounding deputies quickly stop the attack
A corrections officer returning to the Spokane County Jail from an unrelated transport saw a man in a hoodie hoisting a bag upward into a cell window
Iowa prison officials are considering upgrades in an effort to catch employees who might illegally smuggle contraband into prisons
More charges possible in smuggling, drug investigation
Was allegedly selling Jolly Ranchers with acid tabs affixed to them for $15 worth of commissary items to other inmates
A loaded .308-caliber handgun was found in a trash can at the correctional facility
The creative inmates’ brazen use of their cellphones enabled them to post on social media, create a fictitious company online, even order shoes and have them delivered
Gangs at some Georgia prisons have been using cellphones to traffic drugs, smuggle in contraband, steal identities and, in at least one case, to arrange for a violent attack on another inmate suspected of snitching
A 41-year-old state correctional officer from Tharptown has been charged with 13 felonies for allegedly smuggling cell phones and marijuana to inmates at SCI-Coal Township
Charles Westly Brooks, 43, is currently serving a life sentence for a murder conviction
Package had semi-automatic handgun and several cell phones
The inmate had just been recaptured two days before after committing escape from another facility
Dex is the department’s new crime-sniffing dog, who will assist staff in locating and removing contraband cell phones
Ga. DOC has collected around 7,600 illegal contraband cell phones from inmates in fiscal 2015
Sometimes you have to get up close and personal to find even the smallest contraband items that an inmate might have hidden on their person
Jose V. Navarro, 22, was surrendering for a drug conviction
James B. Ciaramitaro was able to slip out of his handcuffs and unlock his leg shackles on Aug. 18 by using a piece of an ink pen that he hid in his mouth prior to departing the jail
“Pep spice (synthetic marijuana) is becoming an issue at the prison,” Warden Robert McMillan said
Slashed another inmate with the blade he kept hidden from metal detectors
Involved in inmate’s scheme to kidnap district attorney’s father as retaliation
Westchester County officials say they’ll be restricting inmate visits after 13 prisoners were sickened last month by synthetic marijuana they say was smuggled into a jail
Said he wanted pot sent to him when he reached state prison
Officials say the knife was discovered after Andrew Romero made threats at officers and authorities ordered a shakedown of his cell
Demehl Thomas and Moysha Shepard have been identified as the inmates in the video
A woman handed the CO a package at his home, which he then smuggled into the jail and is believed to have handed to an inmate
Three Floridians are looking at stretches in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to acquire and distribute the illegal synthetic drug known as “spice.”
Sarah Lee Circle Bear died of a methamphetamine overdose while in Brown County Jail, some 52 or so hours after being taken into custody
A wrecked drone laden with more than six ounces of marijuana was found by a corrections officer on May 31
It wasn’t until he was placed through a body scanner that the firearm was noticed