These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'contraband.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Prison staff needs to be able to detect and confiscate contraband quickly to prevent drug abuse, violence and the commission of further crimes. Visitors, inmates, and staff can also face criminal charges if they are on prison grounds with certain kinds of contraband, take any kind of contraband past the visitor control point, or give contraband to an inmate. Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic, The interim director of the Department of Corrections, Tom Faust, has conceded that officials have struggled to keep contraband out of the jail. Contraband in correctional facilities includes illegal items, such as drugs and weapons, or items prohibited in the area being monitored, such as cell phones. An inmate who has or deals in contraband can be charged in the prison’s disciplinary court. The New Yorker, Also in March, Quindarus Reeves, a 27-year-old deputy in the jail, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor promoting prison contraband.Ĭarol Robinson | al, They’re searched on entry to facilities even a fork can be considered contraband. Times reported, was temporarily banned from county jails for sneaking contraband to an inmate while working on an investigation for the D.A.’s office. More example sentences 1.2Goods forbidden to be.
2022 Its aim is to reduce contraband and smuggling, in addition to taxing cargo properly.ĭeepak Chhugani, Forbes, 7 June 2022 The team also includes a former homicide detective who, the L.A. the salt trade (and contraband in it) were very active in the town. Ineye Komonibo,, Agents ostensibly searched departing cars for drugs and other contraband.įrom Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr.
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Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, 17 June 2022 Even though South African officially banned the importation, manufacture and sale of cosmetic skin lighteners in 1990, the production of the products has persisted, and Bhengus are the country’s top producer of the toxic contraband. Recent Examples on the Web Peto performed many exceptional duties such as the recognition of drugs, apprehension of suspects, searches for contraband, and protection of his handler.