Department of Justice urges Bureau of Prisons to tighten security around searching staff

DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz has alerted Michael Carvajal, the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons about, “urgent concerns involving staff entering BOP facilities without being searched.”

The IG’s recommendation released on Thursday came in connection with an investigation of the presence of "contraband" at an unnamed federal prison. Federal law defines contraband as "prohibited materials," such as drugs, weapons, tobacco, electronic devices, and currency.  "A review of the facility’s video monitoring system revealed that staff were able to enter the facility during the night shift and walk around the metal detector without being screened," the IG wrote in a memo addressed to Carvajal.