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 detention officer’s chip bags were searched after she allegedly left her post without permission or even the knowledge of her supervisor
Four backpacks filled with drugs, cell phones, weapons, lock-picking and re-keying kits, and assorted tobacco products were found behind a prison dorm at Elmore Correctional Facility
Addressing misconceptions and safety measures in correctional facilities
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was given a year in prison in December after his probation was revoked for failing to submit to drug testing and driving on a suspended license
The materials normally would be contraband, but in this case its evidence
Prison records show he’s also been caught smoking twice and once with drugs since January
The inmate said a detention officer would meet with Garnica to pickup the items, and he gave him the officer’s cellphone number
Some of the defendants are accused of conspiring at separate times to obtain and distribute as much as 15 kilograms of cocaine sometime between May and June
The Global Commission on Drug Policy, made up of former presidents and other luminaries from the United States and abroad, concludes that the Drug War is an expensive failure
In terms of seeing contraband, there’s nothing quite like the mirror to uncover hidden bootleg
Greg Fernandez said marijuana is the only thing that stops his seizures from occurring
Michael Jason Maxwell maintained two pages and appeared to have made his posts from his mobile phone
McKay: laws criminalizing marijuana are wrongheaded because they create an enormous black market exploited by international cartels and crime rings
Authorities offered no explanation on how the gun got inside the Fulton County Jail
State Sen.: ‘We have prisoners sitting in prison who don’t need to be there’
A study shows 83 percent of men tested positive upon arrest in Cook Co. jail
If what this man says is true, gangsters who make commonplace beheadings, hangings and quartering bodies have managed an even crueler twist to their barbarity
Court has unanimously upheld a 10-year prison sentence for cocaine possession
Sheriff Jim Kaelin said the man’s cell was searched Thursday after jail officials learned of his courtroom comments and that no drug paraphernalia was found
Alejandro Smith, 21, is accused in a criminal complaint of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute heroin
The commission called for drug policies based on methods empirically proven to reduce crime
The commission is considering making a change that would reduce the sentence of some inmates previously incarcerated on crack offenses by an average of three years
Detectives are seeking a manslaughter charge against a former Spokane County Jail inmate they believe provided prescription drugs used in another inmate’s suicide
Authorities announced they found no criminal wrongdoing by law enforcement personnel involving the death of a Sevier County inmate