Contraband: Cell Phones

FCC gives state prisons tech options to quash cellphones

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The move stops short of addressing out-and-out cell signal jamming

FCC to mull cellphone blocking options for state prisons

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Prison officials have long said that cellphones pose the greatest security threat behind bars

How one tool helps COs screen mail for illicit drugs quickly and safely

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ChemImage Corporation

ChemImage’s VeroVision Mail Screener provides a reliable, non-destructive, efficient approach to detecting illicit drugs in the mail quickly and safely

Ala. CO faces felony over smuggling contraband into jail

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Officials said the CO had been involved in a relationship with the inmate since November 2019

Tenn. prison officials want law change to allow cellphone jamming

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An 87-year-old law is blocking the way for states to start jamming contraband cellphones being used inside prisons

Woman arrested, charged in SC prison contraband ring

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Deputies found large quantity of cellphones, tobacco in various states, knives, marijuana and narcotic drugs

4 charged in contraband smuggling scheme at Ala. detention center

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A review of surveillance video showed a man cutting a fence and entering the area at the wall breach

Stopping criminal activity in prisons with digital intelligence technology

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Extraction and analytics technologies are helping corrections facilities access contraband cellphone data to stop crimes inside and outside prison walls

3 key strategies for effective visitor screening

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Consider these tools and techniques to help maintain the constant vigilance necessary to keep contraband drugs, phones and weapons out of your facility

SC prison officials seize $140K worth of tobacco, phones

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Officers from Goodman Correctional Institution found six garbage bags filled with 56 pounds of tobacco, 37 cellphones and 37 chargers

How one Indiana jail stops contraband at the door

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Since adding a body scanner to its intake process, the facility has seen a significant drop in drugs found during random shakedowns

Cellphones in correctional facilities

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In this tip, Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham discusses the challenge of contraband cellphones in correctional facilities.

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Officials: SC drug investigation highlights cell phone contraband problem

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54 people were indicted in a drug trafficking network officials said probably wouldn't exist if inmates did not have cell phones

How one Oregon jail uses X-ray screening to keep out contraband drugs

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Looking for a better way to catch contraband, this Oregon sheriff led the charge to make X-ray screening a common practice in the state’s county jails