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| Oklahoma prisons employ technology to find, confiscate contraband |
| By newsok.com |
| Published: 01/18/2016 |
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HOMINY — New technology at a local prison is helping correctional workers find contraband, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections reported. Last week, staff at the Dick Conner Correctional Center found nearly two dozen items including cellphones and weapons, drugs and drug paraphernalia, tobacco and tools that inmates were trying to hide on their persons, according to a news release. Known as Cellsense towers, the 7-foot portable devices allow correctional staff members to perform a full body scan in less than 60 seconds. Staff at the medium-security prison also are using hand-held deep-tissue scanners that detect items not found during a pat-down search. “The towers are more effective than a metal detector you would see at an airport," said Special Assistant Lance Hetmer. “It will even alert to a cellphone or weapon hidden inside an offender. The new technologies we are able to implement while doing a shakedown is going a long way to curtail our contraband problem within state facilities.” Read More. |
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