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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...
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,...
New Body Scanner Implemented at Kendall County Jail
The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office says they have deployed what is called an, " Intercept Tek 84 body scanner" that will detect contraband prior to coming into and circulating in the Kendall County Jail. The sheriff's office says the scanner will ensure that deputies...
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...