LAWS.
LAWS. COLUMBIA IS THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO PASS THIS TYPE OF 4@
AUDIENCE.
>>> NOW TO A 4@STORY CONTRABAND.
ONGOING EFFORTS TO KEEP IT OUT
OF STATE PRISONS.
INMATES ALWAYS MANAGE TO GET
INSIDE.
THAT SAID 13'S WORK 4@FULL-TIME
TO READ THE PRISONS OF THOSE
ILLEGAL ITEMS.
JUST DAYS AGO I WAS INVITED TO
WITNESS IN EARLY MORNING
CONTRABAND CRACKDOWN.
AT THE KERSHAW COUNTY
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
HERE IS WHAT WE 4@SAW.
>> ONLY MINUTES INTO THE
CONTRABAND 4@CRACKDOWN.
AND OFFICERS MAKE THE FIRST
DISCOVERY OF THE DAY.
IT WASN'T BOUND BY THE SCENE.
INSTEAD AN INMATE GAVE IT UP.
>> A HOMEMADE WEAPON INMATES
CAN MAKE OUT OF WEAPON4@ THEY G
OUT OF THE CELL.
COMMONLY 4@KNOWN AS A SHANK IN
THE PRESENT.
AN 4@INMATE.
>> DEXTER AND WITH THE
CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT 30 YEARS
AN 4@INMATE. >> DEXTER AND WITH THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT 30 YEARS@
NOW.
>> 4@HOW OFTEN DO YOU FIND THAT
CONTRABAND ON AN INMATE?
>> ANYTIME WE DO SEARCH WE DO
FIND 4@4@IT.
IT IS A REGULAR BASIS.
CONTRABAND IS ALWAYS A
4@
IT IS A REGULAR BASIS. CONTRABAND IS ALWAYS A CONTINUOUS BATTLE WE 4@FACE.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> TOBACCO.4@
>>4@ LAST SEVERAL YEARS
CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT HAS
CRACKDOWN ON CONTRABAND.
SPECIFICALLY CELL PHONES.
ON THIS DATE OFFICERS SEARCHED
64 CELLS.
THEY FOU4@ND 46 CELL PHON4@ES.
IN 41 CHARGES.
STATE PRISON DIRECTOR BRIAN
SERLING SAYS INMATES USE THOSE
FUNDS TO COMMIT MORE CRIMES
BEHIND 4@BARS.
>> YOU NAME IT FROM CONTINUING
TO DEAL DRUGS.
IF THEY ARE SEXUAL PREDATORS
CAN CONTINUE 4@THAT.
THEY CAN HAVE MURDERS
COMMITTED.
CONTRABAND ALSO WAS USED TO
ORDER A HIT ON CAPTAIN ROBERT 4@
JOHNSON.
BACK IN THE LATE 2000'S.
2009, 2007 I THINK IT WAS.
HE WAS SHOT FIVE4@ OR SIX 4@TIM.
>> DURING THIS SEARCH FOR THE
RAPID RESPONSE TEAM LOOKING FOR
ANY AND ALL 4@CONTRABAND.
ANYTHING 4@FROM.
>> ANYTHING FROM DRUGS AND
ILLEGAL DRUGS.
PRESCRIPTIONS.
PROPERTY WILL LOOK AT.
THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
A LIST OF ITEMS THEY 4@CANNOT.
UNIFORMS AND MATTRESSES.
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ANY TYPE OF WEAPON AS WELL.
WEAPONS CAN VARY FROM SMALL 4@
SHAKES.
METAL STUFF THEY MAKE.
THEY CAN 4@4@FIND INSIDE THE
PRISON.
>> STAGES FOR EMPLOYEES.
AGES FOR 4@OTHER INCARCERATED
THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THE SUITES.
WHAT THEY CAN DO IF THERE'S
ANYTHING METAL.
THEY GET THEIR HANDS ON 4@
ANYTHING.
THERE ARE SOME THAT CAN WILL
MAKE WEAPONS OTHER THINGS.
WE TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO
STOP THAT.
WE CAN BUILD4@ PRISONS WITHOUT
METAL.
WE HAVE TO SEARCH.
4@
METAL. WE HAVE TO SEARCH. THE CAT WAS THE METAL 4@AROUND.
>> TO CRACKDOWN ON THE PROBLEM.
THAT IT IS BEING USED OUTSIDE
OF THE PRISON TO STOP THE
CONTRABAND FROM BEING THROWN
OVER THE 4@FENCE.
INSIDE HIGH-TECH SCANNERS OVER
OFFICERS IF AN INMATE HAS A
CELL PHONE HIDDEN ON HIS 4@BODY.
STERLING SAID THE INMATES GET
CREATIVE.
IN HIDING CONTRABAND.
>> NOT ONLY IN THE CELLS.
IN THE SHOWERS.
IN THE 4@4@4@KITCHEN.
WE HAVE THEM WHERE OUR CHAPELS
ARE.
YOU NAME IT.
THE GYM SPREAD VISITATION.
WHETHER THEY CAN THINK TO HIDE
SOMETHING WHERE WE WILL NOT
FIND THAT THEY WILL DO THAT.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO THE
SEARCHES.
WISH WE COULD DO 4@MORE.
IT IS REALLY DRAINING ON OUR
STAFF.
110 STAFF MEMBERS MAY INSULATE.
DOING 4@IT CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEK.
EFFORT TO MOVE EVERYBODY IN4@TO
FACILITY AND TRANSPORT THEM.
AND FEED THEM.
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