Contraband
The Contraband section provides corrections officers with the news, tips, and expert training they need to combat the smuggling of illegal items into facilities.
A Rikers Island CO who enjoys anime testified to smuggling drugs into the jail hidden in issues of the popular manga “Demon Slayer,” under orders from a gang leader
The items sold to inmates included 173 cell phones, headphones, screen protectors, phone chargers, sim cards and other types of contraband, the indictment said
The suspects used coded communications such as describing a picture of marijuana as “nuggets” and an officer willing to bring in drugs as an “Uber,” prosecutors said
The detention officer’s chip bags were searched after she allegedly left her post without permission or even the knowledge of her supervisor
Four backpacks filled with drugs, cell phones, weapons, lock-picking and re-keying kits, and assorted tobacco products were found behind a prison dorm at Elmore Correctional Facility
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The suspects were also carrying a bullhorn, two pairs of binoculars and three large Allen wrench-style tools, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said
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The detention officer at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center admitted to ordering food on DoorDash and “going out of her assigned area to deliver the food to the inmate’s pod”
The inmate obtained wholesale quantities of prepackaged methamphetamine from suppliers outside the prison and the CO would arrange meet-up times to pick up the drugs, documents state
Officers discovered a folded piece of paper containing a green, leafy substance suspected to be K2 spice that had allegedly been secreted inside the inmate’s prosthetic leg
When the team of corrections officers at Five Points Correctional Facility opened the door to the cell, the inmate charged at the officers with a shank, making stabbing motions toward the head and neck of staff members
A CO watched the two Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center inmates approach each other in front of her desk; both inmates drew “cutting instruments” and began attacking each other
The judge laid out a litany of problems and staffing issues at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, noting many problems stem from a simple reality — with salaries starting at just over $45,000 for COs, it’s hard to find people willing to work there
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested three suspects who were attempting to fly a contraband loaded drone into the prison
The dentures reportedly “contained blue pills that appeared to be fentanyl in the denture adhesive,” according to court documents
The scheme was orchestrated by an inmate at the Lieber Correction Institution; the unnamed inmate used a contraband cellphone smuggled into the prison to create online dating profiles
In just six years, fentanyl has become the prominent driver of opioid overdose deaths, going from causing about 20% of fatal opioid ODs in 2016 to causing almost all of them — 92% — in 2022
From scissors to cellphones, and everything in between, there’s never a dull moment in the world of contraband
A Weld County Jail official said inmates in state jails consume paper to get high, often found laced with synthetic cannabinoids or fentanyl
The recovered contraband included 17 cell phones, a large hunting knife, a used syringe, phone chargers and more
The CO smuggled dental molds in and out of the prison in September 2020 so that a Houston jeweler could create the grill
The man helped an inmate inside the Georgia DOC’s Special Management Unit steal $11 million from a billionaire
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The Houston attorney is accused of smuggling ecstasy and synthetic marijuana to county jail inmates via work visits and legal documents
The VADOC recovered suspected drugs, makeshift weapons and contraband like cellphones at Greensville Correctional Center
The indictments follow three separate investigations that are part of the ongoing fight against staff members who smuggle in contraband, especially cellphones
As they arrived for evening shift change, all employees at prisons across South Carolina were stopped and their cars were searched for contraband
Both inmates were serving lengthy prison terms for drug trafficking in the Pacific Northwest; they will now spend an additional 11 years in prison
From a prison cell in California, federal prosecutors say a 56-year-old inmate directed an Alaska drug trafficking ring that in recent years smuggled huge quantities of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine
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