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It’s reality TV, but not the reality now at the Etowah Co. Jail
While “60 Days In” is giving viewers a warts-and-no washing view of the Etowah County Detention Center at the time seven undercover inmates were there, Sheriff Jonathon Horton said changes already have been made to make conditions better at the jail. The series that...
Etowah County Installs Intercept Scanner in County Jail
The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office has made necessary improvements to ensure the safety of both inmates and correctional officers. A new state-of-the-art full body scanner has been installed in the jail’s booking area where inmates are first processed. In addition to...
Sheriff's Department adds new technology GREENSBURG — A new piece of technology has been added to the county’s crime fighting arsenal. On Oct. 10, a Tek 84, state-of-the-art, full body scanner was installed at the existing Decatur County Detention Center. Originally...
Etowah County Jail scanner can detect contraband in 4 seconds
The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office is using the Intercept Scanner, a new state-of-the-art, full-body contraband detection system. The scanner was installed November 6 in the jail’s booking area where inmates are first processed. In addition to detecting metal like a...
Finding contraband: New body scanner finds hidden items on those being booked into jail
The days of smuggling narcotics and other contraband into the Bartholomew County Jail may be over. At least that’s the hope of Bartholomew County Sheriff deputies after receiving state-of-the-art scanner technology to detect contraband late last summer. After six...
Flagler Jail Joins Growing List of Counties Adding Full-Body Scanning of Inmates
Some of the contraband individuals booked at the Flagler County jail have tried to bring in includes cell phones, drugs, pocket knives, razors, razor blades, a screw driver, cigarettes, cigarette lighters, and “a few syringes,” as a sheriff’s spokesperson described...
Full-body Scanning Facts
A full-body scanner is a device that detects objects on a person's body for security screening purposes, without physically removing clothes or making physical contact. Depending on the technology used, the operator may see an alternate-wavelength image of...
New Body Scanners Detect Items Before They’re A Threat At Kane County Jail
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (CBS) — An inmate at the Kane County Jail tried to smuggle a chunk of metal from a broom handle, and it could have been a weapon to attack guards. But as CBS 2’s Lauren Victory reported, new technology is in action to detect such items before...
PM Boris Johnson visits Armley prison and vows to spend £100m on body scanners
Prime Minister Boris Johnson toured HMP Leeds, where staff told him the introduction of a state-of-the-art scanner had led to a reduction in drug smuggling and therefore violence. Mr Johnson spent around 90 minutes touring the prison in the Armley area, where he...
County discusses X-ray scanner that could improve booking, combat contraband at jail
As the 2018-2019 fiscal year draws to an end this month, the Etowah County Commission on Tuesday discussed purchases that could be made before then. One item discussed, an X-ray body scanner to be used in the county jail, has been a topic brought up a few times in...
St. Joe Co. Jail unveils full-body scanner to search inmates
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – The St. Joseph County Jail has begun to incorporate the Intercept Scanner, a full-body contraband detection system designed to improve security at the jail. Jail officials unveiled the scanner Tuesday morning after it was installed Jan....
Bartholomew Co. Jail body scanner helps catch drug smuggler
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The recently purchased full-body scanner for the Bartholomew County Jail is already paying off. Columbus police officers arrested Eric Winship, 27, of Columbus, on Sunday, and while processing him into the corrections facility, the scanner...
Flagler Jail Joins Growing List of Counties Adding Full-Body Scanning of Inmates
Some of the contraband individuals booked at the Flagler County jail have tried to bring in includes cell phones, drugs, pocket knives, razors, razor blades, a screw driver, cigarettes, cigarette lighters, and “a few syringes,” as a sheriff’s spokesperson described...
FCSO install state-of-the-art body-scanning tech at Flagler County Jail
In line with continuous efforts to improve security for both detention deputies and inmates, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office installed a state-of-the-art, full-body contraband detection system called the Intercept Scanner. The Flagler County Jail is the...
Bartholomew County moves ahead with purchase of body scanner
The purchase of a full body scanner to help prevent overdoses and contraband smuggling in the Bartholomew County Jail has been tentatively made by the Bartholomew County commissioners. The commissioners approved a bid Monday from Engineering Group, LLC of San Diego,...
St. Joe Co. Jail unveils full-body scanner to search inmates
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – The St. Joseph County Jail has begun to incorporate the Intercept Scanner, a full-body contraband detection system designed to improve security at the jail. Jail officials unveiled the scanner Tuesday morning after it was installed Jan. 28 in...