Contraband: Cell Phones

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

Davien Philip Turner is charged with trying to deliver wire cutters, other tools, money, cellphones, chargers and tobacco

Eric Christian is scheduled to be sentenced for smuggling contraband and allowing or encouraging fights between inmates

The indictment accuses Jose Martin Espinoza Jr., of accepting money for bringing contraband into the East Hidalgo Detention Center

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