Drones are becoming a growing concern in prisons across the country. There are numerous cases of correctional officers finding drones that have crashed inside the prison walls. This is a very serious problem for officers, who do not know how to stop it. “It’s almost like we need an Iron Dome like Israel has to stop it,” Mr. Stirling said, referring to the multibillion-dollar rocket interceptor system that was used to protect Israel during its most recent conflict with Hamas. “But they have a robust defense budget.”
The biggest concern is over the smuggling in of cell phones. With the use of outside smart phones, inmates are provided with a very valuable tool. With the phones, inmates can contact friends outside and arrange more drops with the drones.
“We’ve got to do something about this — these cellphones are killing us,” she said. Smartphones are so desirable to inmates because unlike pay phones at prisons, they are not recorded or monitored. The phones also allow them to watch pornography and communicate surreptitiously with fellow prisoners. The phones are essential for coordinating with smugglers using drones, because the prisoners need to know where to find the deliveries in the yard. The prisoners can then use the phones to quickly pay their suppliers.
Because drones are such a new area to law enforcement officers, they do not know what to do about the growing problem. There has been thoughts of putting a net over the prison or a dome, but that is very expensive, and difficult to maintain. However, there might be a solution even more advanced than the drones.
DJI, the company that manufactured the drone that crashed at the White House,announced in March that its new geofencing software would make its devices inoperable within roughly 16 miles of the White House. The company said it was working to create similar no-fly zones for “sensitive institutions and national borders.” An organization called No Fly Zone has introduced a website where individuals, business owners and others who do not want drones overhead can enter their addresses into a database. Those addresses will be provided to drone manufacturers who have agreed to program their devices not to fly over those locations.
I think this is a very serious problem. We are letting convicted criminals smuggle contraband into prisons and putting correctional officers and nearby civilians at risk. When people are convicted of a crime and sent to prison, they lose a lot their rights. One being communication with outside known felons.
“We’ve got to do something about this — these cellphones are killing us,” she said. Smartphones are so desirable to inmates because unlike pay phones at prisons, they are not recorded or monitored. The phones also allow them to watch pornography and communicate surreptitiously with fellow prisoners. The phones are essential for coordinating with smugglers using drones, because the prisoners need to know where to find the deliveries in the yard. The prisoners can then use the phones to quickly pay their suppliers. DJI, the company that manufactured the drone that crashed at the White House,announced in March that its new geofencing software would make its devices inoperable within roughly 16 miles of the White House. The company said it was working to create similar no-fly zones for “sensitive institutions and national borders.” An organization called No Fly Zone has introduced a website where individuals, business owners and others who do not want drones overhead can enter their addresses into a database. Those addresses will be provided to drone manufacturers who have agreed to program their devices not to fly over those locations.
I think this is a very serious problem. We are letting convicted criminals smuggle contraband into prisons and putting correctional officers and nearby civilians at risk. When people are convicted of a crime and sent to prison, they lose a lot their rights. One being communication with outside known felons.
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