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| New Hampshire’s prisons could soon see full-body scanners |
| By concordmonitor.com- Alyssa Dandrea |
| Published: 06/02/2017 |
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Installation of full-body scanners at New Hampshire’s prisons is one step closer after the House passed legislation Thursday that will now head to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 133 makes changes to the security screening procedures at state-owned correctional facilities, which got the go-ahead nearly one year ago to install full-body scanners to help curb the flow of contraband. Had the department installed the full-body scanners under the current law, anyone entering the state’s three prisons would have been required to walk through them. SB 133 provides greater specificity in who should be scanned by focusing on individuals entering the secure perimeter of a facility. For example, rather than scanning every visitor, officials say they will require inmates leaving the visiting room to walk through a full-body scanner before returning to their cells. The X-ray technology will allow correctional officers to detect contraband that an inmate could have swallowed during a visit in an attempt to smuggle in drugs. Read More. |
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