Get contraband incidents
get_contraband_incidentsIncidents from GDC's own published contraband arrest reports (2010-present, ~1,600 incidents,
including reports that survive only in the Internet Archive; page: gps.press/contraband-data/):
one row per incident with GDC's wording verbatim, the people as GDC categorised them
(staff / officer / contract staff / visitor / civilian), the items, whether an arrest was
reported, and the GDC source URL. Filters: facility slug (e.g. dooly-state-prison), year,
actor_category (staff | visitor | civilian | officer | gdc_staff | contract_staff),
item_category (cellphone, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamine, ...), arrest_made (yes|no|unstated),
q (text match). Structured rows name staff, officers and contract staff as GDC printed them; other people appear by category and role only. The narrative is GDC's own text.
Rows are long (a few thousand characters each): per_page defaults to 5 and is capped at 20;
use page to continue and the filters to narrow. total is the number of matches.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | No | ||
| page | No | ||
| year | No | ||
| facility | No | ||
| per_page | No | ||
| arrest_made | No | ||
| item_category | No | ||
| actor_category | No |