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Even without signal and data access , the phone remains as a useful data storage device .
4 ) CONTRABAND MOVES FREQUENTLY
The key contraband items are phones as these are used to organize and coordinate smuggling of other contraband .
The one luxury that Inmates have is time , and with time comes the conniving manner of seeing how officers watch inmates – their tactics , their tools , and signs of a pending sweep .
5 PEOPLE ARE THE WEAKEST LINK
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and Volume data 24 transmission , the focus begins moving to the physical phones themselves as a remaining issue .

Even without signal and data access , the phone remains as a useful data storage device .

Inmates can record audio and video messages for the physical transmission of the phone , or the SD card from within the phone , outside the walls of the facility to be retrieved .
As a result , there may a rising trend of cell phones as data storage devices rather than data transmission devices .

4 ) CONTRABAND MOVES FREQUENTLY

Here today , gone tomorrow as the saying goes . The laws of supply and demand drive the migration of contraband through the prison system .

Where there is a need and June a 2018 reason Edition for action , the contraband will flow to it .

Internal demand for weapons , drugs or communication with the outside drive the process .

The key contraband items are phones as these are used to organize and coordinate smuggling of other contraband .

Inmates are always conceiving ways to try and keep an edge on staff so they are not caught with contraband .
The one luxury that Inmates have is time , and with time comes the conniving manner of seeing how officers watch inmates – their tactics , their tools , and signs of a pending sweep .

5 PEOPLE ARE THE WEAKEST LINK

People are the biggest factor affecting the usefulness of technology , tools , processes , regulations or standard operating procedures in contraband control .

Unpredictable actions and behaviors are often at the root of failed technology introductions or the implementation of new tools .

( WARNING : Graphic Language . BBC III investigates the increasing amount of contraband getting into UK prisons , uncovering the links in the chain on both sides of the law )

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