Facility Products News & Articles

• Alabama still has no builder for prison a year after $1.3 billion plan approved

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  Two lawmakers who helped spearhead the plan are concerned about the slow pace of one of the two 4,000-bed prisons

• Pa. approves $825,000 prison security system upgrade

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  Stanley Security is assembling a mock-up of the replacement system offsite for eventual transfer to the prison, which allows for smoother transition

• 6 years after only women's prison in La. flooded, a new one is being built

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  Costing about $150 million, the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women will meet the unique needs of female inmates

• Council OKs purchase of 5,000 'suicide blankets' for Pa. correctional facility

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  Purchase comes after a couple of deaths occurred at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility earlier this year

• Controversial half-billion dollar jail contract in Bay Area on the chopping block

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  Supervisors complained about the current design for the jail, which they say do not offer enough space for mental healthcare and re-entry services

• After breakouts, riot, Louisiana youth jail to get big security upgrade

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  The city-parish will use $2 million to install as many as 50 metal security doors throughout the facility, as well as upgrade the security camera system

• How to build a layered contraband detection strategy and why it matters (eBook)

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  Learn why a layered screening strategy is so important and how it can help your facility plug holes

• Court weighs lawsuit over ties between ankle-monitoring firm, New Orleans judge

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  Two men say a former New Orleans judge forced them to use and pay for ankle monitors from ETOH, a company owned by the judge's former law partner

• 4 ways investing in a body scanner mitigates liability in corrections

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  Use of a body scanner will reduce the amount of contraband in your facility

• On-Demand Webinar: Hidden in plain sight: See smuggled drugs and contraband in inmate legal mail, without opening it

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  View this webinar to learn real-life insights on how to maintain, protect, reduce and detect contraband

• How X-ray screening helped this jail eliminate drug smuggling incidents

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  Adding the B-SCAN body scanner to the screening process made it next to impossible for inmates to sneak drugs into the facility

• Automate X-ray screening to see more, faster

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  Add iCMORE software to Smiths Detection X-ray machines to maintain positive flow while catching more contraband

• Shut the back door on contraband and contaminated food

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  Get the right tools to help you screen deliveries, food and other items

• What I learned about catching contraband in jail mail

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  A former jail administrator recounts lessons learned from a contraband crackdown – in particular, why screening the mail is so important

• How to shop for your agency like you shop for yourself

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  First responders can save time and money and implement greater departmental purchasing transparency with the Amazon First Responders Storefront

• How a new tabletop tool provides proactive detection for COVID-19 and other pathogens

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  The portable BioFlash Biological Identifier can detect and identify the presence of low levels of aerosolized COVID-19 in any part of your facility

• How these correctional cleaning products are put to the test

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  Briarwood Products makes sure its tough but flexible cleaning products, designed specifically for use in correctional facilities, are up to the job

• How to build a layered contraband detection strategy and why it matters (eBook)

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  Multiple screening steps and checkpoints, combined with varied screening technology, will help thwart smuggling into your facility to keep officers and inmates safer

• Coping with the never-ending evolution of inmate weapons

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  Inmates are adept at turning whatever materials are at hand into improvised weapons – the ongoing challenge for corrections officials is to detect these weapons

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

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

• Why COs need to pay extra attention to incoming mail

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  Paper soaked in synthetic cannabinoids presents a serious problem when it comes to attempts to smuggle drugs into correctional facilities

• Spotlight: How Briarwood Products is helping provide safe cleaning tools for the correctional industry

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  The company's tools have helped reduce assaults and provide a sense of security to COs while inmates are performing their cleaning tasks

• Why a layered screening strategy is critical for stopping contraband

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  To keep drugs, weapons and other disruptive items out of your facility, first identify gaps in your screening process, then adopt a variety of policies and tools to plug the holes

• Spotlight: RCE Consulting, LLC provides 'missing link' for owners and operators of X-ray equipment

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  RCE Consulting, LLC makes sure manufacturers, distributors, installers and owners are aware of and understand regulatory requirements and responsibilities

• Why every corrections officer should be a risk manager

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  Reporting and dissecting close calls will improve safety while decreasing liability

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