JACKSON -- Mississippi corrections officials have added netting, body scanners and monthly prison searches to a growing list of steps to keep illegal cellphones, drugs, tobacco and other contraband out of prisoners' hands.
"We are in a new era where people will use any means to get contraband into prisons," Commissioner Christopher B. Epps said Monday in a news release.
"Therefore, we must think outside the box. Nothing good comes from contraband being in the hands of inmates."
Epps said New
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