How exactly do things get smuggled into prison? Does the sender hide it inside something else very well? Does someone put it in their butt? Do the prisoners make deals with the officers?

Hidden on the body. We have found various contraband (drugs, money, phones, porn, etc) in:

‘’Dropped’’ into the prison - by drones, by a bag-full of (whatever) thrown over the fence from the outside, ultra-light aircraft flying over and dropping item(s).

(Just a brief list) - Rectal, vaginal, oral (butt, cxxt, mouth)), inside folds of fat (the ‘’Homer Simpson’’ method), under the breasts (‘’granny-boobs’’), swallowed (to be regurgitated later), hidden in the hair, under arm-pits, held between toes, under bandages, even inside tubes or packages that are hypodermic (**under the skin**)

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Hidden in supplies sent into the prison - food, commissary, repair materials, education materials, trash/sewage system.

If you have never smuggled into a prison, then everything you’ve ever heard about methods used - yes, those have been used - and they have been found out at times. (Perhaps not every time - but we only have to catch you -once-.) Pretty much any method you believe you have ‘’invented’’ - has been done before. The REALLY clever methods - those are much rarer - and you don’t hear about them, usually.

Somewhat hidden - in fake casts, in crutches and canes, in wheelchairs and walkers. In baby strollers and baby diapers. Inside sandwiches being brought in, inside fake cans of soda, inside books, magazines, letters, Inside flashlights. Hidden in shoes.

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