Corrections
Clear Imaging for a Controlled Environment
Prison security teams rely on Viken’s handheld x-ray imager technology to keep contraband from being smuggled into correctional facilities and hidden within cell mattresses, food trays, walls, plumbing, and clothing.
Using advanced handheld backscatter and transmission x-ray technology, Viken’s Nighthawk and Raven handheld x-ray imagers give corrections officers a portable x-ray scanner solution for inspecting cells, common areas, and incoming deliveries without requiring disassembly or destruction of facility property. Backscatter x-ray imaging reveals contraband concealed within mattresses, walls, and plumbing fixtures, while transmission x-ray provides detailed density-based images of food trays, packages, and personal items to distinguish legitimate items from concealed threats.
Unlike manual searches, these x-ray detection tools keep prison staff safe from accidental exposure to narcotics and sharp weapons, reducing the physical risk officers face when searching inmates, cells, and facility infrastructure by hand. For narcotics identification, the Handheld Foxhound narcotics analyzer complements Viken’s inspection technologies by rapidly identifying suspected illegal substances discovered during facility searches.
Why Corrections Facilities Choose Handheld X-Ray Scanners and Portable IMS
Viken’s x-ray detection and chemical analyzer tools help corrections facilities:
- Detect contraband hidden in mattresses, walls, plumbing, food trays, and clothing without destroying facility property.
- Screen incoming deliveries, packages, and personal items before they reach housing units.
- Keep staff safe from accidental exposure to narcotics and sharp weapons during searches.
- Conduct faster, more thorough cell and common-area searches without disassembly.
Featured Products
Raven
Raven™
Introducing RAVEN: Handheld “Smart” X-ray Imager
The Raven handheld imager provides outstanding mobility, enhancing threat detection across various environments. Its lightweight and ergonomic design optimizes user efficiency, while its advanced imaging technology, multifunctional detection capabilities, and AID Toolset facilitate the rapid identification of concealed threats. The Raven is an essential asset for mobile security operations.
Nighthawk™
Nighthawk™
The Next Generation Handheld X-ray Imager
Viken’s Nighthawk HBI and BTX handheld X-ray are rugged and economical imagers. The Nighthawk HBI is our smallest X-ray imager adept at rooting out concealed contraband in the most challenging environments including passenger vehicles and hidden containers. The Nighthawk BTX is a powerful backscatter and transmission (when equipped with optional DTX arm) handheld X-ray system that boosts enhanced image quality and available 140kV X-ray tube.
Both the Nighthawk HBI and BTX are available with optional PbID™, an XRF-based lead identification capability.
Foxhound™
Foxhound™
Foxhound Portable Narcotics Analyzer | Fast, simple narcotics testing for corrections facilities.
The Foxhound IMS™ Portable Narcotics Analyzer quickly identifies illicit drugs, with minimal officer contact, using enhanced ion mobility spectrometry (IMS). It can detect low-concentration drugs, from unseen trace amounts to visible particles, to enable versatile operations and protect correction officers and mailroom staff.
Purpose-built for Correction Facilities
Foxhound is purpose-built to give correction officers and mailroom staff fast, defensible answers about the presence of targeted narcotic substances.
Frequently Asked Questions
Handheld x-ray imagers let corrections officers see inside cell mattresses, walls, plumbing fixtures, food trays, and packages without cutting them open or dismantling facility property. They’re used to detect contraband such as weapons and narcotics during cell searches, common-area inspections, and screening of incoming deliveries.
Backscatter x-ray imaging reveals objects concealed behind or within a solid surface using access from only one side. This allows officers to scan mattresses, walls, and plumbing fixtures for hidden contraband without needing to cut them open or take them apart.
Manual searches of inmates, cells, and facility infrastructure put officers at risk of accidental exposure to narcotics or injury from concealed sharp weapons. Handheld x-ray scanners let officers identify contraband without direct physical contact, reducing that risk during searches.
No. Viken’s handheld x-ray imagers are designed to inspect cells, common areas, and deliveries without requiring disassembly or destruction of facility property, avoiding the cost and downtime of repairing damaged mattresses, walls, or fixtures after a search.
Handheld x-ray imagers like Nighthawk and Raven are designed to reveal the presence and shape of concealed objects, not to identify specific substances. For substance identification, the Handheld Foxhound narcotics analyzer complements the x-ray imagers by rapidly identifying suspected narcotics found during a search.