Welcome to the Corrections1.com contraband cell phone photo database - a collection of images detailing techniques used to smuggle cell phones inside.
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 This photo, courtesy of the Department of Corrections in New Zealand, shows cell phones and other contraband that were hidden in the soles of sneakers. (NZDOC photo) |  This photo shows the same contraband phone from NZ DOC when it was still in the shoe. (NZDOC photo) |
 A live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack with a cell phone in it that was caught flying into a prison in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Sao Paulo, gangs frequently use carrier pigeons to smuggle phones behind bars (AP photo) |  A remote controlled helicopter used by Sao Paulo, Brazil gangs to smuggle cell phones after the pigeon routine was discovered (AP photo) |
 This phone was smuggled into the Broward Correctional Institution in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla hidden inside a shoe brush box. (Florida DOC) |  This NYPD photo shows a razor blade (easily) hidden in the battery compartment of a T-Mobile Sidekick - just another danger to keep an eye out for. (Handout/NYPD photo) |
 This phone was found in the intestines of a prisoner at a maximum security facility in El Salvador. (AP photo) |  This is the same phone as the one in the photo to the left. The details here are pretty clear... we’ll avoid ellaboration. (AP photo) |
 A cell-phone hidden inside the sole of a platform shoe. This photo appeared in a Wired magazine article by Nathan Hodge titled “Jailhouse Tech Sniff Out ‘Cell’ Phones”. (Nathan Hodge photo) |  This photo, courtesy of Florida Dept. of Corrections, shows a cell-phone that was found hidden inside of an inmate’s shower shoe (Florida DOC photo) |
 This photo shows a cell-phone that was wrapped in a plastic bag and stuffed inside a jar of ‘Best Maid’ Sandwich Spread (dutchdavis/Photobucket) |  We found this photo on the website of Sen. John J. Benoit of California. The caption read: “There’s a surprise at the bottom of every box!” |
 This photo, courtesy of the Department of Corrections in New Zealand, shows a cell phone hidden in side of a sandwich brought in by facility visitor. (NZDOC photo) |