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.
An inmate headbutted a staff member, and as he was being subdued, “approximately 200 incarcerated people on the yard rushed toward the officers attacking them with fists and rocks,” CDCR said
During a search of the nurse’s vehicle, deputies found additional jail documents, medication originating from the jail, personal journals and notes addressed to inmates
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Convicts are finding a way to get their hands on what appears to be the contraband of choice behind bars
Contained several cell phones, tobaccoo and various illegal drugs
Opponents of the plan have predicted prisoners in the overcrowded system could use condoms to store contraband rather than for safe sex
Officials are tightening procedures tied to searches of both visitors and COs
Public Safety Director Ted Sakai said his agency is working with county and federal officials to weed out “corrupt employees in our prisons”
Several bogs of tobacco, cell phones, phone chargers and other suspected contraband were seized
Man had gun hidden in his belt buckle
New security measures include making all staff go through metal detectors that also show if someone has a cellphone
Former jailer developed a jail-friendly e-cigarette
Will cut rusks from open flames and prevents banned materials from moving into other parts of the prison
Corrections staff at Canberra’s jail have foiled an attempt by a prisoner to scale a perimeter fence
Smuggled some items inside tennis balls and hollow, plastic practice golf balls
Dogs will be taught to detect prison contraband
Program trains a handler and a K-9 in personal, vehicle and property searches.
Encouraged prisoners to contact friends and family and asked them to buy drugs, pornographic materials and other banded items and then get in touch with him
Prisoners could be free to use smuggled phones to contact their families because there is not enough money to stop them
Two small bags of cocaine were found in a sock wrapped in inmate’s waistband
Had crystal meth, cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, Lortab and Xanex in her possession
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20-year-old suspected burglar had swallowed two gold necklaces
Pipe allegedly smelled of marijuana
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