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 DA said a social media photo showing three inmates with a homemade shank and making gang gestures highlights security failures in the Georgia DOC
Criminal justice student charged with two felony accounts for smuggling drugs and cellphones into the county jail
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County spokesperson declined to say if terminations were related to incident where employee brought gun into facility
A Shreveport man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle a cell phone into Caddo Correctional Center by hiding it in his rectal cavity.
A spokeswoman for the county would not say whether the suspensions were related to the weapons investigation
Two groups of inmates started brawling over the selection of TV programs
Inmates find all kinds of ways to make contraband cellphones work for them. Now, authorities are finding a way to make the phones work for them, too
Keith Ayotte, a former inmate at the Maine State Prison, hasn’t been the same since he was bludgeoned in the head by another inmate with a prison-issued padlock
Detection gear being installed in prisons
Charges raise questions about the screening process used to hire the 1,300 full-time and part-time civilian jailers
The Operational Support Unit (OSG) in Mountjoy has reported phenomenal success in cracking down on contraband in its facility
What in the world do we do to prevent the introduction of contraband that’s flown in overhead?
Has confiscated over 511 cellphones in 2014, and have since donated them to ‘people who actually need them’
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Authorities say they are looking for more suspects in the abduction of a North Carolina prosecutor’s father last week
The indictments are not directly connected to a massive nighttime search of the prison that occurred about a week ago
30-year-old Sean Echols pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to use interstate facilities in murder-for-hire
Five people accused in the abduction of a North Carolina man last week are due in federal court in Atlanta Tuesday for a bond hearing
A Mississippi woman is facing charges for allegedly bringing cocaine into an Illinois county jail
Police arresting a woman for drug possession say she smuggled a syringe into jail inside of her body
Used a smuggled mobile phone to keep in touch with kidnappers holding the father of a prosecutor who helped send him away for life
The prison has been on lockdown since Friday’s discovery of more than a dozen weapons along with gallons of homemade alcohol and juice and sugar used to make liquor
Authorities began investigating in January after corrections officers found a Bible hiding Suboxone
Patch found on the bottom of an inmate’s foot lead to contraband charges
A 12-inch bread-only sandwich contained 2.80 ounces of tobacco; tobacco, marijuana and other contraband in three burritos inside a Tupperware container
An inmate undergoing a routine pat down is now facing a charge of first degree assault when the CO performing the pat down was pricked by a needle hidden in the inmate’s clothing
Prison’s chief of security wrote that “MCI-H has a serious problem with contraband, especially cell phones”
District Court ruling awards legal fees in lawsuit