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An inside peek into the Montezuma County jail
Behind the fortified walls of the Montezuma County Detention Center in Cortez exists a tight-knit community of jailers, inmates, cooks, nurses, counselors, technicians, pastors, administrators, pretrial specialists, lawyers and bondsmen. Often overlooked by the...
Quorum Court: COVID aid helps buy body scanner at Columbia County Detention Center
The Columbia County Detention Center received a major safety and security upgrade this week after a new piece of scanning equipment was purchased with a portion of the county’s federally-issued coronavirus relief funds. The new full-body scanning machine will not only...
Tek84 continues its rapid expansion in Nebraska
The Lincoln County commissioners on Monday approved a body scanner for the Lincoln County Detention Center that will further protect jail personnel and inmates. Sheriff Jerome Kramer brought the request to the board in June. After time for research, Kramer recommended...
New body scanner installed at Aiken County detention center already paying off
Oct. 28—The Aiken County detention center has installed a new full body X-ray scanner. The new addition is a "game-changing weapon to stop drugs, weapons and other contraband from being smuggled into the facility," according to a release from the Aiken County...
Hidden handgun found on woman during jail booking process
EVERETT, Wash., October 15, 2021 – On Wednesday, October 13, at approximately 9 a.m. a 30-year-old woman was being booked into the Snohomish County Jail for suspicion of DUI and was found with a loaded semi-automatic handgun hidden in her abdomen. During the booking...
New body scanner at jail finds hidden drugs on inmate
A new body scanner at the Moore County Detention Center found drugs on an inmate, according to a news advisory from Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields. “During the processing of a new intake at the Moore County Detention Center, Detention Officers observed an...
$150,000 grant brings full body scanner to Marquette County jail
An Intercept Tek84 scanner used for high-security contraband detection is now operating at the Marquette County jail. It was purchased with a Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Law Enforcement $150,000 grant awarded to the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office....
New body scanner keeping drugs, contraband out of Androscoggin County Jail
The Androscoggin County Jail has a game-changing weapon to stop drugs, weapons and other contraband from being smuggled into the facility.
The new Intercept body scanner, in use since early June, has given the county Sheriff’s Department the upper hand in keeping inmates and staff safe.
Vilas County Jail Full Body Scanner in Operation
A full body scanner is in operation in the Vilas County jail to prevent illegal contraband coming into the jail as explained by jail Sargent Alisha Wagner. “Although we do strip searches, there are situations where possible illegal substances are hidden in body...
New technology can detect contraband at Contra Costa County jail
Sneaking contraband into the Martinez Detention Facility will become more difficult with new technology procured by the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office has acquired the Tek84 Intercept Full Body Scanner, which “detects both metallic...
Triple Murder Suspect’s Hidden Shank Found By Marshall County Jail After Arrival From State Prison
A man accused of murdering 3 people in Guntersville while out on parole was discovered to have potentially dangerous contraband when he arrived at the Marshall County Jail this week. Jimmy Spencer had a shank, Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims told WAAY 31. Spencer...
Body scanner now in use at Monroe County prison
Finally, the body scanner at Monroe County Correctional Facility is up and running. The scanner is programmed, and the employees who will be doing the body scans have received training. “This is going to make things much safer and easier, Warden Garry Haidle said. The...
Jefferson Co. sheriff working to stop the flow of contraband into jail with new machine
JEFFERSON COUNTY — Drugs, cell phones and other contraband are common and constant concerns at county jails. And, the Jefferson County Jail is not immune. Sheriff Zena Stephens says sometimes inmates can manipulate the best of employees -- even those with clean...
New body scanner at jail finds hidden drugs on inmate
A new body scanner at the Moore County Detention Center found drugs on an inmate, according to a news advisory from Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields. “During the processing of a new intake at the Moore County Detention Center, Detention Officers observed an...
Marshall County Sheriff’s Office receives new body scanner for inmates
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – A new safety device is now in place at the Marshall County Jail: a body scanner. It will also be used by surrounding agencies in the county. Deputies say contraband was running loose in the Marshall County Jail. Drugs and weapons are some of the common items inmates try to bring in.
Ross County Sheriff’s Office discusses improved security plans
CHILLICOTHE - The Ross County Jail has undergone improvements in the past year to make inmates safer during the course of the pandemic, but also to make the jail more secure. Two items of note are a new body scanning device, and a Skytron Ultraviolet...
Jail uses new tech to prevent COVID-19 spread, catch contraband
NEW BROCKTON, Ala. (WDHN) — The Coffee County Jail installed state-of-the-art inmate processing equipment this January. With the on-going pandemic, the Tek 84 is designed to minimize contact between the correctional officer and prisoner and will...
Newsday analysis: Drug contraband seized more than 200 times
Inmates at the Nassau County jail have tapped into illicit supplies of narcotics and other drug contraband more than two hundred times in recent years, a Newsday analysis of state records shows. Jail officials have seized drugs or drug paraphernalia 237 times in...
Hennepin County now uses full-body scanner at jail
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office has installed a full-body scanner to search people booked into the county jail. In a news release, Sheriff David Hutchinson said the scanner will help keep inmates and jail staffers safe by quickly finding dangerous concealed...
Detention Center Getting Body Scanning Device
Dependency on opioids and other controlled substances can drive people to go to incredible lengths to feed their addiction. Unfortunately, this desperation leads people to extreme measures. To help prevent illicit substances and weapons from entering the Moore County...
Delaware County Jail
The bigger security picture The new camera system will follow the installation a year ago of another security device at the jail, a Tek84 Intercept full-body scanner. The scanner essentially is a full-length X-ray that reveals if someone being booked into the jail has...
Jail body scanner finds gun on woman arrested for drugs
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA21) -- When body scanners were installed at the Allen County jail a year ago, Sheriff Dave Gladieux knew they would find drugs that people were trying to smuggle behind bars. But what one of those scanners found November 2 startled all the...
Anoka County Jail Begins Operating First Full Body Scanner In Minnesota
Medina County approves county-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan, uses COVID grant money to purchase Tek84 Intercept body scanner
The Medina County Commissioners Court continued to put safety first in their November 5 meeting last Thursday. In a fast paced meeting they approved agenda items for purchase and installation of safety equipment, approved a county wide Hazard Mitigation Plan, granted...
Northumberland County purchases full-body scanner for jail
SUNBURY — Northumberland County Jail Warden Bruce Kovach reported a $149,000 Intercept full-body scanner purchased by the county for the jail was installed last week. During a 15-minute prison board meeting Wednesday, Kovach said the scanner, which is similar to those...