As a young man incarcerated in the Department of Correction, Shakur Collins refused visits from his mother for about a year and a half, just to avoid having to be strip-searched. “ What that does is ...

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. CRIMINAL JUSTICE · Vanessa Kelder was weeks away from ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A New York lawmaker is pushing for new rules governing body scanners in state prisons after complaints that some visitors are being wrongly denied access to see incarcerated ...

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office found an inmate with a concealed firearm over the weekend, authorities said. MCSO scanners identified the firearm, which went undetected when the inmate ...

Wagoner County jail implements a new body scanner to detect contraband, enhancing safety for inmates and staff. The technology aims to prevent drug smuggling and potential overdoses. WAGONER COUNTY, ...

The Department of Health established radiation exposure limits in January, limiting the allowable dosage to 0.25 millisieverts. Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders says the county had been operating ...

SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be found in just about anything these days. To keep up with the times, jails have been adapting to new body scanning machines that use AI ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Thanks to the help of newly installed body scanners, staff stopped an inmate from sneaking a gun into a Phoenix-area jail. The incident happened at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. — The Halifax County Detention Center has strengthened its security measures with the use of a full-body scanner that is helping prevent contraband from entering the facility, ...

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — The St. Landry Parish jail has a new weapon against contraband, officials said. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said the jail has installed a new Linev System Clearpass Digital Full ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Sneaking contraband into the Jackson County Jail is about to be a lot harder to do. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of a full body scanner for the ...