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Prison placed on lockdown for contraband search
By yourdailyjournal.com- Imari Scarbrough
Published: 06/27/2014

POLKTON — State and federal officials conducted a lockdown at Lanesboro Correctional Institution to search for contraband on Wednesday.

Officers used K-9 teams during the search, which turned up one cellphone and one homemade weapon, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Pamela Walker.

“The Department of Public Safety conducted a security operation with both internal and external partners in effort to protect staff, inmates and the general public,” she said in an email. “We did have a large contingent of folks there to show strong support for our staff.”

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