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 group made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling “faces,” described as squares of paper soaked in drugs, and planned to sell a novel-style book with drug-soaked pages
FCI Sheridan had 28 CO vacancies out of 145 positions last winter, leading to the use of mandated overtime and temporary assignments of non-correctional staff
The large-scale contraband smuggling operation involved Dixon Correctional Institute inmates, trustees, an employee and several civilians, Louisiana State Police said
Inspectors say drug use at supersized G4S jail is more than twice rate in similar prisons
Ex-convict threw package containing cell phones and cannabis over wall
Cell phones make it past the metal detectors, 30-foot high exterior walls and barbed wire, through prison staff and visitors
Today, with the press of a button, Justice Minister Greg Smith and Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin turned on the technology at Lithgow jail
In 2012, marshals confiscated 6,940 knives and 1,046 other banned items from visitors or workers at the courthouse
In Ohio prisons, the underground demand for the drug has spiked in recent years
Inmates will only be allowed to receive postcards, with one exception
Discovered after she allegedly reacted aggressively when asked by a security official how far into her pregnancy she was
Jackie Jenkins is suing her former employer after she claims she was wrongly arrested
U.S. prison officials have said in filings with the FCC that the increased use of contraband mobile phones within correctional facilities present a “clear and present danger” to prison security and the public
In 2010 Mississippi became the first state to implement a managed cellular access system at its state penitentiary at Parchman
Cellsense®, the leading cell phone contraband detector for prisons, has the solution for the detection of mini key fob phones, which are increasingly being smuggled into prisons
Sheets, jumpsuits, rags used in apparent escape apparatus
Claimed he was shooting at a squirrel
Wife of governor got the state involved in the program last year
Tiny mobile phone measures in at around 8cm x 3cm x 2cm
Investigators found orange squares containing Suboxone behind the stamps on the letters that had been sent
150 deputies called in to restore order
Officers found tobacco, numerous packs of cigarette wrapping papers, and cell phones that were to be delivered to Autry State Prison in Pelham
Cell phones, drugs, and weapons found
The find suggested an organised supply network at work with ‘resources, planning and determination’
