Technology is available to help facilities respond to incursions, but federal aviation rules lag behind the threat, security specialists say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A K9 helped sniff out suspects connected to a 30-pound drone with contraband intended to be dropped off at the Baldwin State ...

Drones have been delivering contraband into Oklahoma state prisons for the past four to five years, but new federal laws may soon allow the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to disable these drones, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A corrections officer at a state prison in Dorchester County has been fired and faces multiple charges along with a Midlands woman in connection with contraband in the prison.

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ga. — The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office announced a drone-based prison contraband operation was stopped after being alerted to a drop in progress outside Wrightsville. The sheriff’s ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections confiscated nearly $20 million worth of contraband in 2025 and that includes drugs, cell phones and weapons. 83 people were arrested for trying to get contraband ...

ATLANTA — At a budget presentation on Monday, members of the Georgia Department of Corrections told lawmakers that drone and contraband incidents were on the rise. In 2025, GDOC said they’ve already ...

A Federal Communications Commission proposal to let state and local prisons jam contraband cell phones has support from Republican attorneys general and prison phone companies but faces opposition ...

Three people, and likely more, allegedly tried to deliver thousands of dollars of contraband on a drone into Baldwin State Prison on New Year's Day, according to the Milledgeville Police Department.

A K9 helped sniff out suspects connected to a 30-pound drone with contraband intended to be dropped off at the Baldwin State Prison on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2025, according to the Milledgeville Police ...