Ga DOC: Drones a threat to prison security

Contraband is entering Georgia prisons from the sky as drone drops rise again, state agency says

Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Commissioner Tyrone Oliver told state lawmakers federal restrictions hamper prisons' ability to stop contraband-delivering drones. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (2024 file photo)Some Georgia lawmakers want to use state resources to keep drones from dropping off contraband like drugs and cell phones at detention facilities. Matthew Wolfe, director of the Office of Professional Standards within the Georgia …

Drones a threat to prison security

ATLANTA — Drones powerful enough to lift a human have become a routine tool for delivering contraband in Georgia prisons. At a hearing Monday about the budget for prisons, Tyrone Oliver, the commissioner for the state Department of Corrections, said…

Georgia prisons push for drone mitigation as contraband deliveries rise

The Georgia Department of Corrections is struggling to retain enough guards for its growing prison population, while also lobbying for permission to use technology to stop drones from delivering contraband into prisons. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.