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Commissioners Approve Purchase Of Body Scanner For Jail
By wbiw.com
Published: 09/07/2016

(BEDFORD) - The Lawrence County Commissioners approved the purchase of a body scanner for the Lawrence County Jail.

Sheriff Mike Branham told the commissioners Tuesday morning the scanner is needed to stop drugs from being smuggled into the jail.

He showed the commissioners a photo of two golf ball sized baggies of meth that a female inmate attempted to smuggle into the jail.

"Jail officers found this a couple of months ago," Sheriff Branham says. "This is 16.4 grams of meth. This was a big eye opener for us and our most serious offense to date. We have had no overdoes in the jail, but other counties have."

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