Contraband: Cell Phones

The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act seeks to allow state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems

In the persistent ploys to get contraband into prisons, the skies are playing a growing role

Officials suspect a larger-scale operation of contraband introduction into multiple Florida correctional institutions using drones

The indictment described the ring as a criminal enterprise that worked to move cellphones, drugs, jewelry, clothing and cash items into the prison

In 2022, over 6,700 phones were seized, which were used to traffic in drugs, collect money and orchestrate murders, according to testimony

The 22 attorney generals said the devices allow prisoners to plot violence and carry out crimes

A state grand jury indictment brings 170 charges against 43 defendants for the trafficking of more that 25 kilograms of methamphetamine

Illegal items seized by deputies include marijuana, meth, cell phones and sex lube

Updated security protocol for all staff, visitors, volunteers and all other personnel began on January 1, 2023

Contraband found inside the footballs included bags of marijuana, cellphones and chargers and packs of cigarettes

At the time of her arrest Sarah Torsiello had worked 18 years for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

Michigan DOC officials are investigating how two inmates obtained cellphones and posted a video filmed in their cell to YouTube

The nine-year veteran is accused of taking more than $23,000 in bribes over two months last year

The COs slipped cellphones and drugs to jailed Bloods members for tens of thousands of dollars in bribes

Drugs, tobacco and cellphones worth more than $300,000 inside the prison system were seized