AST June 2018 Magazine Volume 24 | Page 26

Volume 24

While inmates have gotten more and more adaptive with their techniques , the correctional systems are deploying technology , best practices , and new procedures to keep pace .

THE CONTRABAND ENTERPRISE

Contraband and the means by which it enters facilities , is highly adaptive and continually poses a significant threat .

Technology and regulation have both begun to move in a parallel direction to bring consistent , evolving interdiction protocols intended to make it increasingly difficult to deal in contraband and easier for institutions to deploy technology .

5 Threats And Vulnerabilities

June 2018 Edition

1 ) MODE OF ENTRY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE

Commercially available technology is now being revealed as a tool that conspirators are using to smuggle contraband to inmates .

Unmanned aerial vehicles ( UAV ’ s ), or drones , are getting more attention in their use to deliver illicit items into prison and jail yards .

The Federal Aviation Administration predicts that small , hobbyist UAV ’ s will grow from 1.9 million units in 2016 to 4.3 million units by 2020 ¹.

This rise in usage will certainly bring about new techniques to get inmates the illicit items they seek , from drugs to guns and other weapons .

Yet , with improvements in technology that aids the correctional institutions , technology also becomes a useful tool for the inmates . See actual footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons .) 24