The felonious activities of confined inmates reach out into society every day. These inmates run lucrative drug operations, commit fraud, hire contract murders, and commit a multitude of criminal offenses from inside the walls of our prisons. Practical Criminal Investigations in Correctional Facilities gives sound advice to both the long-time administrator and the beginning criminal justice professional on how to handle crime in a community in which 100% of the population are convicted felons. With case studies, charts, photographs, and narrative, it covers investigations by type of crime committed, such as drugs, escapes, sexual assault, theft, and homicide.

Crime Does Not Stop at the Prison Doors1 -- Need for Prison Investigators 2 -- 2 Drug Investigations 7 -- Methods of Drug Introduction in Prisons 8 -- Methods and Tools of the Prison Investigator 17 -- Staff Assistance 21 -- Typical Prison Drug Investigative Tactics 25 -- Rules of Engagement 29 -- Planning the Operation 30 -- Buy--Bust Operations 32 -- Buy--Walk Operations 35 -- Controlled Deliveries 38 -- Safety Guidelines for Undercover Drug Operations 39 -- Drug Drops 40 -- Use of an Unwitting Accomplice 41 -- Cigarettes as Contraband 44 -- Prescription Drug Sales 44 -- Clandestine Laboratories 45 -- Urinalysis Screens as a Weapon 46 -- Drug Deterrent Programs 46 -- Prison Drug Prices 47 -- Street Drug Prices 48 -- Facts about Marijuana 49 -- Physical Signs of Marijuana Use 49 -- Facts about Heroin 50 -- Physical Signs of Heroin Use 50 -- Puncture Wounds 51 -- Facts about Cocaine 51 -- Physical Signs of Cocaine Use 52 -- Facts about Methamphetamine 52 -- Inhalants 53 -- 3 Escape Investigations 61 -- Duties of Prison Investigators 62 -- Investigative Tips 64 -- 4 Solicitation Investigations 77 -- Types of Prison Solicitation Cases 77 -- Means Used in Prison Solicitation Cases 78 -- Murder for Hire 80 -- Investigator Tips on Solicitation Cases 95 -- 5 Sex Offenses 103 -- Colorado Revised Statutes Related to Prison Sex Crimes 103 -- Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of Prison Sex Crimes 104 -- False Reporting 106 -- Precautions Against False Reporting 111 -- Sexual Assault Investigation 112 -- 6 Prison Undercover Operations 117 -- Criminal Element 121 -- Planning an Undercover Operation 124 -- Undercover Operations Inside the Prison 125 -- Precaution 129 -- Undercover Operations Outside the Prison 130 -- Officer in Trouble 134 -- 7 Confidential Informants 143 -- Information from the Informant 144 -- Reasons Convicts Give Information 144 -- Confidential Informant Safety 145 -- Do's and Do Not's of Confidential Informant Use 146 -- Legislation Protection for Informants 149 -- Reliability of Informants 150 -- Informant Procedures 151 -- Standards of Conduct for Informants 152 -- Restricted Use of Informants 152 -- Documentation of Informants 153 -- Informant Questionnaire 153 -- Disclosure of Informant's Identity 154 -- 8 Understanding the Convict 157 -- "We" vs. "Them" Syndrome 159 -- 9 Evidence Collection 161 -- Definition of Evidence 162 -- Types of Evidence 163 -- Dynamics of a Crime Scene 165 -- Preliminary Investigation 166 -- Crime Scene Searches 168 -- Photographing the Crime Scene 169 -- Basic Evidence Collection 170 -- Death Investigations 171 -- 10 Importance of Intelligence 193 -- Definition of Intelligence 193 -- Passive Intelligence 194 -- Active Intelligence 195 -- Processing Intelligence 196 -- Categorization of Intelligence 201 -- Access to Intelligence Files 201 -- Submission Criteria for Intelligence Information 202 -- Review Process 203 -- Dissemination 203 -- 11 Affidavits and Warrants 205 -- Affidavits 206 -- Search Warrants 206 -- Additional Search Information 207 -- Arrest Warrants 208 -- 41.1 Warrants 209 -- Civil Seizures 209 -- 12 Court Preparation and Testimony 211 -- Tips for Presenting Testimony 211 -- Trial Preparation 215 -- 13 Internal Affairs Investigations 217 -- Sexual Harassment 218 -- Investigating Sexual Harassment 220 -- Workplace Discrimination/Harassment 225 -- Staff Involvement in Drugs 227 -- Staff/Inmate Relationships 228 -- Investigating Staff/Inmate Relationships 229 -- 14 What the Prosecutor Expects 243 -- What a Prosecutor Looks for in a Department of Corrections Investigation 244 -- 15 Theft Investigations 249 -- Prison Thefts 249 -- Theft by Deception 250 -- Investigating Theft by Deception in the Prison 253 -- Proactive Approach 254 -- Supplemental Security Income Social Security Theft 255 -- Motor Vehicle Theft 256 -- Burglary 257 -- Counterfeiting 258 -- 16 Proactive Approaches to Conducting Prison Investigations 263 -- Prison Investigation 263 -- Outside Work Crews 263 -- Staff Training 265 -- Action Planning 266 -- 17 Homicide and Other Inmate Deaths 269 -- Death by Natural Causes 269 -- Death by Suicide 271 -- Accidental Deaths 273 -- Homicides 274 -- Prison Murder Weapons 281 -- Rule of Thumb for Time of Death 284 -- Prison Investigator Survey 293.