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DOC reports 54 contraband investigations in 2025 and drone activity; senators press for more staff and oversight
Summary
Warden Wharton Borja told senators that DOC recorded 54 contraband cases in 2025 and three so far in 2026, cited tobacco, makeshift weapons and cell phones among seizures, and said DOC turns criminal matters to GPD; senators sought numbers on pending litigation and policies to prevent staff involvement.
Guam’s Department of Corrections told the Legislature on March 9 that it recorded 54 contraband investigations in 2025 and three so far in 2026, and that contraband ranges from tobacco and makeshift weapons to cell phones and narcotics.
"As I related earlier, 2025 from January to, December, we had 54 cases of contraband," Warden Wharton Borja said during the Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management and Guam National Guard oversight hearing. He added that seizable items range from tobacco products to narcotics and homemade weapons.
DOC officials said they hand evidentiary contraband to the Guam Police Department for criminal investigation while…
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