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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is using new body scanners at its Intake, Transfer and Release Center in an effort to stop inmates from smuggling in drugs and weapons.

What they're saying:

"We've seen an increase of individuals trying to bring in drugs and other contraband into our jail system," said MCSO Deputy Chief Mike Dawson.

Dawson said inmates are hiding drugs inside their body cavities. Shortly after Sheriff Jerry Sheridan took office, he looked into new technology, and inmates now go through the scanners before getting patted down.

"So, the very first thing that happens when they come in is they go through these X-ray body scanners," Dawson said.

The jail has two different types of scanners that do the same job. In one, the inmat

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