Contraband: Smuggling

Amanda Brown is accused of giving inmates prohibited items, including a vape pen

The Belgian Malinois is trained to detect meth, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, fentanyl, suboxone and LSD

Months ago Krystle Burrell admitted that while she worked at Rikers Island she smuggled Terrae Hinds two cell phones, helped him sell drugs and accepted bribes

Innovations in T-ray technology allow CO staff to detect the smallest, hardest-to-find drugs and contraband that X-ray and other screening techniques can't find

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

One CO allegedly received more than $15K from inmates over eight months for giving out contraband items

Visitors and detainees already go through body scanners, but officers and staff have only been required to pass through metal detectors

Mail, not COs, is the "major source" of contraband smuggled into New York Department of Correction jails

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

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

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

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

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