By C1 Staff
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — Contraband confiscations are on the rise in Mid-South correctional facilities.
Corrections officers confiscated 65 pieces of contraband in 2012, which jumped to 80 pieces in 2013, according to WMCTV.
15 items have already been found in 2014, which is on pace to be 10 percent higher than 2014.
The most found contraband items are tobacco, other drugs, and cell phones.