“Dealing With Contraband is a Daily Issue” Body Scanner Helps Contraband Efforts at Alabama Jail
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Autauga Metro Jail in Prattville is getting a new tool to fight efforts to bring contraband into the facility. The sheriff’s office is spending $125,250 for a full-body scanner for the jail. Inmates will be scanned by the machine as part of the intake process. Incoming inmates are patted down and then strip-searched as part of…