This may include background checks, x-ray scanners, and metal detectors for visitors. To prevent contraband from making its way inside prison walls, correctional facilities take security measures. ![]() Hana Marie Colson, the inmate that had received the envelopes, faced charges for receiving and distributing contraband. Jail officials began the investigation after several female inmates tested positive for the drug. Camerone mailed envelopes to an inmate containing strips of Suboxone, an opiate used in the treatment of heroin addictions. In 2012, law enforcement charged Chelsey Marie Camerone with smuggling contraband into the St. Outside contacts, such as family members and friends, also bring contraband into prisons. The officer admitted to accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for bringing tobacco into the prison. For example, a former officer with the Bureau of Prisons FCI Talladega pled guilty in November 2012 for charges of smuggling contraband. Most commonly, guards and other prison staff introduce contraband in prisons after accepting bribes from prisoners. Prisoners may also use contraband to incite violence against other inmates or guards. This provides them easier access to drugs, weapons, and outside connections, which threaten the security of the prison. With the right items and some planning, some prisoners have the potential to turn a small trade business into a prison empire. There's no comparison between a great action/espionage movie like "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" and cinematic trip such as "Contraband." To choose the latter over the former is a bad move.Trade in contraband and prohibited services help some prisoners build power. Inexplicably, Bryce takes Andy along on the voyage, thereby setting up one of the film's more dubious plot holes. Bryce leaves his wife Kate (Kate Beckinsale) and kids in the unsteady hands of his recovering alcoholic pal Sebastian (Ben Foster). The disjointed plot takes Bryce on a cargo ship to Panama City where he plans to purchase a palate filled with counterfeit bills to sell back in the states in order to pay back Briggs. Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur fails to improve on a truly mediocre by-committee script written by Aaron Guzikowski, Arnaldur Indriðason, Óskar Jónasson-names you won't be seeing again anytime soon. Rather, Wahlberg goes through the motions of earning a paycheck as if he were doing a beer commercial - Shlitz paid for a sizable portion of the film's budget. ![]() Mark Wahlberg doesn't even bother to phone in his performance as John Bryce, an ex-smuggler who gets drawn back into the game after his brother-in-law Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) tosses overboard a shipment of drugs due to be delivered to Giovanni Ribisi's revenge-hungry gangster Tim Briggs. ![]() Thanks a lot pal! Your kind generosity keeps the reviews coming!Ī testament to January’s reputation as the worst month for new movie releases, “Contraband” is a purely disposable crime thriller. Get cool rewards when you click on the button to pledge your support through Patreon. This ad-free website is dedicated to Agnès Varda and to Luis Buñuel. Groupthink doesn't live here, critical thought does.
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