Our nation’s correctional systems — including jails, detention centers, and Sheriff’s Offices — are facing a growing crisis. Violent gangs and transnational criminal organizations are using prisons as command centers, continuing to traffic drugs, weapons, and contraband from behind bars.

These inmates exploit corrupt staff, visitors, and drones to smuggle illicit items into secure facilities. Using contraband cell phones, they orchestrate violence, intimidate witnesses, target officers, and even order murders — all from inside their cells.

This presents a direct threat to public safety, institutional security, and national stability.

In response, the Correctional Officer and Detention Intelligence Network (CODIN) was created — a nonprofit, intelligence-sharing alliance designed to empower law enforcement, corrections, and detention professionals. CODIN fosters collaboration, provides real-time intelligence, and enhances training efforts to identify, disrupt, and dismantle gang-driven criminal networks — both inside and outside the wire.