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Contraband and Interdiction Strategies in Correctional Facilities

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Sociology of Contraband: Examining the Correlates of Illicit Drugs, Cellphones, and Weapons in U.S. Prisons

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Managed Access Technology To Combat Contraband Cell Phones in Prison: Findings From a Process Evaluation

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Singletons for Simpletons Revisiting Windowed Backoff with Chernoff Bounds

Date Published

March 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Introduction to Portal Contraband Detection Technology (June 2010)

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Addressing Contraband in Prisons and Jails as the Threat of Drone Deliveries Grows

Date Published

June 2023

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Addressing Contraband in Prisons and Jails as the Threat of Drone Deliveries Grows

Prison Contraband: Prevalence, Impacts, and Interdiction Strategies

Date Published

April 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Contraband and Drones in Correctional Facilities

Date Published

October 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New Technologies Protect Officers and Inmates

Date Published

August 1999

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ Tests New Technologies

Date Published

2009

Series

NIJ Update

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ

You Don't Have Mail

Date Published

2003

Publication Type

Technical Assistance

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Resource Guide to Law Enforcement, Corrections, and Forensic Technologies

Date Published

May 2001

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

Agencies

NIJ, COPS

Countering Threats to Correctional Institution Security: Identifying Innovation Needs to Address Current and Emerging Concerns

Date Published

2019

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Contraband Detection Technology in Correctional Facilities An Overview of Technologies for Screening People, Vehicles, and Correctional Settings

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Minnesota Reduces Phone Rates to Combat Contraband Cellphones

Date Published

March 2014

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Keeping Contraband on the Outside

Date Published

July 2009

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Nebraska Corrections Agency Uses Contraband Cellphones to "Take a Snapshot" of Inmates

Date Published

March 2014

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

California Combats Growing Cellphone Problem with Technology

Date Published

June 2014

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Check Is In the Mail

Date Published

2002

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New Jersey Corrections Agency Makes Changes From the Ground Up

Date Published

June 2014

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Maryland Uses Managed Approach to Making Cellphone Service in Prisons "Disappear"

Date Published

February 2014

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New York Prison Using UAS Detection Technology

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cell Phone Forensics Play Key Role in Gathering Intelligence

Date Published

January 2015

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Experts Identify Priority Needs for Addressing Correctional Agency Security Threats

Date Published

April 6, 2020

Understaffing, illicit drugs, contraband cellphones, and gangs were among top-of-mind issues for experts brought together to identify pervasive security problems facing corrections institutions — and new ways to address them.