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 union urged the Massachusetts DOC to conduct regular shakedowns, cell and block searches and use K-9 units to eliminate deadly substances and chemicals
The CO was working at Essex County Correctional Facility when he was charged in March of last year after getting caught in a sting operation
Three current and former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies conspired with an inmate to bring hollowed-out pens filled with Suboxone strips into the jail, officials said
Part-time mail clerk stumbled onto the scheme after finding drugs underneath the stamp of a letter that wasn’t sticking properly
Three new prison laws are going into effect in Maryland soon in the hopes of discouraging the smuggling of contraband into facilities
The Ohio Department of Corrections will begin testing ‘blimp drones’ after Warren County prisons this week
Jeffrey Taylor, 48, was charged late Tuesday night with bribe receiving and promoting prison contraband at the city jail
Made a deal to plead guilty to a single count of bribery if other charges against him were dropped
Mansfield post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is stepping up efforts to catch criminals in the act of throwing contraband over fences.
Visitors of the prisoners had stashed hashish in meat sandwiches delivered to the inmates
A threat by an inmate led to a shakedown at the Jennings County Jail in southern Indiana
Contraband included four cell phones, four ounces of marijuana, tobacco and cigarettes
The New Mexico Department of Corrections says it is cracking down on people smuggling Suboxone into prisons
State police have ruled attack by inmate on male correctional officer at SCI-Coal Township as attempted homicide
Inmate put the officer in a choke hold in the prison yard Sunday morning and tried to slash the officer’s throat with a weapon
Drugs were found inside her vagina
The baseballs were filled with marijuana, tobacco and a cell phone
He assaulted staff after they tried to get him to spit out a bag of suspected crack cocaine
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New York corrections officers will have their lunches x-rayed for drugs or weapons before they enter jails
Legal highs include things like synthetic cannabis, also known as spice, and BOM, which causes hallucinogenic trips like LSD
Nekoase Antwan Vinson and Henry Ison Rouse retrieved drugs and other contraband from Emma Mae Faulk’s coffin, believed left in the coffin by other relatives
Officer was attacked while trying to remove a contraband cell phone from an inmate’s cell
A CO entered the cell of two inmates to confiscate contraband, initiating a fight
A murder investigation is underway at the Jessamine County Detention Center after an inmate reportedly died following an incident involving methadone-soaked underwear
They say a tip led the officers to begin searching on Wednesday
Inmate arrested for a probation violation smuggled in marijuana laced with an additional, unnamed narcotic
Good deeds are not well thought out and give prisoners an opportunity to take advantage of the officer’s good-hearted actions
Officer: “It can be carried around in a bag, hidden in plain sight basically”
A former corrections officer is among seven people accused of helping smuggle cellphones into prison for Las Vegas Strip shooting suspect Ammar Harris.
Said he had ingested C-4, causing hospital evacuation
Jaahan Y. Mitchell was arrested for trying to sneak a knife through security and into Sing Sing Correctional Facility
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