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Ind. county jail using body scanners to crack down on contraband

A new hands off device allows officers to go beyond what their hands can feel

By Tanae Howard
FOX News

HAMILTON COUNTY — A local jail is doing away with those uncomfortable strip searches for inmates.

A new hands off device allows officers to go beyond what their hands can feel.

The Hamilton County Jail now uses full body scanners as a way to detect contraband inmates may try to smuggle inside. When an inmate enters the jail they’re sent through a fully body imaging machine called SecurPASS.

“We can actually see inside someone’s body to make sure they haven’t swallowed something. There’s no way we could know before to do that,” said Jail Commander, Captain Jason Sloderbeck.

Full story: New jail scanners cracking down on contraband being brought it from the outside