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Recommendations for improving contraband detection, including staff locker placement
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Council Member Stevens inquires about specific recommendations from the DOI report, particularly regarding the placement of correction officers' lockers and the use of scanners at staff entrances. Deputy Commissioner James Conroy explains the DOC's stance on these recommendations.
- DOC considered relocating lockers but lack funding due to the transition to borough-based jails
- Borough-based jail designs incorporate lockers outside scanning gates
- Current facilities use L3 non-ionizing scanning machines and magnetometers for staff screening
- Implementation of recommendations is limited due to the planned transition to new facilities
Althea Stevens
3:48:19
There were two main recommendations including placing correction officers lockers outside of security gates and to place cranes on units in the staff entrance gates to scan correction officers and other staff for contraband, are those recommendations that DOC would consider?
James Conroy
3:48:33
The with respect to the first one, it was something that we had partially considered.
3:48:38
But because of this, again, the move to borough based jails, we didn't have the funding to be able to make those infrastructure changes.
3:48:44
We have I think one facility where the lockers are outside of the scanning gates.
3:48:48
I think our borough based jail designs have that implemented into them.
3:48:53
So when that move is made, that will be the way it works is that the lockers will be outside and scanning machines.
3:49:00
And then as the commissioner indicated, that our staff is scanned.
3:49:03
We have the L3 non ionizing scanning machines and then the other magnetometers so that all staff do proceed through those before they enter the facilities.