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.
In:SITE leverages Geogentia’s cutting-edge geospatial data technology to generate detailed, easy-to-understand reports; these reports not only reveal the presence of prohibited devices in a facility but also provide insights into common tactics used for contraband smuggling
California’s program of offering naloxone to all departing prisoners “has and does save lives,” an attorney said. “Without this treatment, the number of overdoses, we believe, would be far larger”
The inmate used contraband cell phones to overseeing a drug dealing operation in 2020 while incarcerated in Atlantic County and Georgia
Nearly six-minute video is titled “South Carolina Inmates Film 1st Ever Music Video in Prison!”
Detector searches for contraband and cell phones on moving objects
Chaplains are not only a potential source for contraband, they may also unwittingly move contraband from place to place
Netting, body scanners and monthly searches of entire prisons have been added to a growing list of preventive measures to ensure the safety of staff and inmates
Female staff member was unharmed, and the ordeal lasted about 20 minutes
When COs discovered the contraband, mother swallowed the pills
Brandon Gantt is now facing a felony charge of promoting prison contraband and a misdemeanor weapons possession charge
The most found contraband items are tobacco, other drugs, and cell phones
Have been hospitalized after smoking a synthetic marijuana cigarette that was smuggled into the lockup
Here are the concerns over items that attorneys can accidentally give to inmates
For years, corrections officers and all other staff have not gone through contraband detection machines before entering the facility
Pretended to represent inmate, then tried to goad her into sex acts
She’s a two-year-old Australian Shepard trained to sniff out drugs inside jail cells
Felon desperate to be thrown back in prison got two knives into Detroit’s federal courthouse as part of a plan to kill his probation officer and a judge
House, Senate approve separate but similar bills
The bunks, the commodes, the seats, everything is already built in the cells
Next logical step is to extend that access to attorneys
Bundles contained hacksaw blades, a knife, 10 cellphones and batteries, 50 grams of suspected crystal meth, cigarettes, tools and other items
Cellsense is by far the single most effective tool in the fight against inmate contraband I have witnessed in my thirty-year career with the prison system
With the use of contraband phones, Bitcoins could become a real problem behind bars
Pilot program could soon give its inmates the chance to buy a customized electronic tablet through the prison’s commissary system
Official: “The problem is the laws have gotten much stricter as far as what (officers) can and cannot do, and that has made it tough”
Staff combat the dangerous items through methodical and continuous searches of the jail
HMP Shotts is one of two pilot sites for the technology
Allegedly conspired to kill a South Carolina CO in a hit orchestrated by an inmate using an illegal cellphone
An Orangeburg man accused of conspiring to kill a CO in a hit orchestrated by an inmate using an illegal cellphone is expected in court
They’re hidden in babies’ diapers, ramen noodle soup packages, footballs, soda cans and even body cavities
This inmate threatened staff with an alleged gun inside of a leg cast - what would you have done?
A man being booked into the Rutherford County Jail allegedly threatened jail staff with a gun concealed in a cast on his right foot
