Drone threat increasing at prisons

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 130 drone incidents were reported in U.S. federal prisons between 2015 and 2019, but that number is considered conservative. The Federal Bureau of Prisons did not adopt a formal reporting policy until 2018, and when they did the number increased by 87 percent. The DOJ says drone counts “rely on visual observation, usually by cor...

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