At Tuesday afternoon’s Grayson County Fiscal Court meeting, magistrates gave approval for Jailer Jason Woosley to purchase a dual-view, full-body scanner for the Grayson County Detention Center.
Woosley, who was given approval to seek bids for the scanner at the Fiscal Court meeting on February 19, revealed that the lone bid received, offered by Romaine Companies, was for $185,000 for a dual-view, full-body scanner.
Woosley said the scanner is similar to body scanners used at airports and will make the jail safer for staff and inmates after a few “serious” contraband issues over the last few years. He said the scanner takes simultaneous x-rays, giving authorities a two-dimensional image, and are so sensitive that if an inmate has taken a pill the scanner detects its presence inside the person being scanned.
Woosley previously told magistrates that prisoners have hidden drugs, cellphones and other contraband in body cavities, actions that the dual-view, full-body scanner will detect.
Currently, the jail transports prisoners to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center for x-rays, if needed, Woosley said.
The money to pay for the scanner will come from the jail’s commissary account, and not the jail’s general fund or taxpayer dollars.
(Headline photo: Grayson Co. Jailer Jason Woosley)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000
