![]() ![]() For example, it is a frequent practice for visitors to sneak in food. In other instances, inmates may coerce the staff in carrying contraband into prisons by posing threats of violence against friends or family members.Ĭontraband could also get their way into prisons through visitors. For a number of prison staffs, extra cash by the end of the month could be a powerful temptation in a poorly paying job. A common way is the offers that inmates make in return for them to offer voluntary services for acquiring and sneaking contraband. There are a number of ways in which prisoners can get staffs to carry out the task of smuggling contraband. It is especially problematic because of the staff's involvement in contraband smuggling. Contractors, inmates, visitors, and even staffs have a hand in getting into prison contraband, and they get into the prison premises in conceivable ways (Blackburn, Shannon, and Pollock 111). There are several means through which inmates can access contraband in prisons. Other items such as materials to make homemade ropes or buffer cords, maps, dummies, and unauthorized clothing pose the danger of facilitating the escape of inmates. These items, in addition to drugs and alcohol, can cause great havoc and pose a potential danger to staff and other inmates. A number of staffs who work in prisons are acutely aware of the destruction that these items are likely to cause. Weapons and escape materials are both dangerous in the correct circumstances. ![]() Any other thing, aside from these that a prisoner possesses are contraband. A number of these facilities allow their inmates to buy items from the commissary or receive other articles or items through other authorized channels. All correctional facilities provide their inmates with room and board, clothing, medical care, and basic hygiene items. Contraband is any item that a prisoner is not allowed to possess (Frantz 178). Controlling contraband should be the top priority of any prison management, regardless of the level of security. ![]()
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