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 Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office investigated the case over by monitoring inmates’ phone calls; the inmates planned drops and payments with their girlfriends using code words
The Federal Aviation Administration barred drones from flying over federal prisons in June 2018, but the FAA’s special authority does not cover state prisons
Investigators were tipped off to the laundering activity when deputies listened to the Harris County Jail inmate’s calls and observed his high balance in his commissary account
Five former prisoners of the Lanesboro Correctional Institution in Anson County are alleging that prison staff assisted gang-affiliated inmates in obtaining weapons and waging attacks
Voyd A. Turner was arrested in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Richomond for public intoxication and criminal trespass
Inmate was discovered attempting to heat up a Plexiglass window to get drugs
Last year, officials seized more than 1,700 weapons from Texas prisoners
Authorities have found drugs smuggled in a sonogram picture and a greeting card
Specially made e-cigarettes are sold for $10 a piece to the inmates and are good for 500 puffs
Frederick County Sheriff’s Office plans to invest roughly $120,000 in a body scanning system to keep contraband out of the county jail
The Backscatter Z is about 9 pounds and requires little training to use
Deputies noticed Tiffanie Lizette Bass coming back from the bathroom with her head leaning to one side
Officers continue to investigate how certain items were smuggled into the prisons
Johnny Gogo is a Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney who donates contraband cell phones
Corrections officers at Al-Qobbe Prison discovered contraband inside a former prisoner’s boot
It may look like a regular watch, but this watch has all the features of a phone
Body-scanners could be a big deterrent to the flow of contraband, and also help staff avoid liability
Here’s some of the strangest contraband stories we’ve heard; what are yours?
Three inmates were also charged, as well as three women accused of helping smuggle the contraband into the facility
Officials say no end date has been decided
A defense attorney has been banned from entering any Oregon prison after a handcuff key was found zipped into a pocket of his belt
One of 21 such scanners being used by law enforcement in Michigan
Ronald Herron was hiding 13 razor blades inside one of his two mattresses.
A retired federal corrections officer has been charged with distributing heroin
An investigation is underway after this photo of a Hinds County inmate eating a turkey leg from the State Fair turned up on Facebook
Sent razor blades, knives, cell phones and charges, plastic handcuff keys, super glue and five feet of pliable metal hidden inside books with secret compartments to dangerous inmates
When it was x-rayed, four plastic sealed bags of tobacco and cell phones were found inside the keyboard
Officers found more than two ounces of the drug more commonly known as “K2" or “Spice” inside Eldin Collado’s cell
Inmate said cellphones were for sale inside the prison for $120
Kenneth Gregory, 47, is charged with assault, armed criminal action and possession of a weapon in a jail
Authorities allege the individuals shipped hundreds of thousands of pills out of five Northeastern Pennsylvania counties
