X-ray and search

Secure the Prison Inspection Guide

The creator description confirms X-raying and searching inmates for hidden contraband. This guide turns those actions into a repeatable observation checklist without pretending to know hidden detection rules.

Secure the Prison inspection guide: confirmed actions and boundary

Confirmed X-ray/search actions use a local checklist with at least three action steps, two stuck-state fixes, and an explicit no-verdict boundary. The checklist cannot certify an inmate safe. Confirmed X-ray/search actions use a working local checklist with six action steps, two stuck-state fixes, and an explicit no-verdict boundary. The official description names shanks and guns as hidden contraband examples. The checklist records visible observations only; it cannot certify an inmate safe or prove that no contraband exists.

Official Secure the Prison inspection scene

Local checklist

Current inmate

This checklist stays in your browser session. It records steps only and never labels an inmate safe.

Used the visible X-ray actionUsed the visible search actionRecorded only what I actually observed

0 of 3 checks recorded

Completion is not a safety verdict and does not prove contraband is absent.

Six-step loop

Inspect without inventing a detector rule

1
Start a fresh checklist for the current inmate.
2
Use the visible X-ray action.
3
Use the visible search action.
4
Record only evidence you actually observe.
5
Make only the in-game decision supported by that observation.
6
Reset the checklist before the next inmate.

Named examples

Shanks and guns

Those are the two contraband families named by the official description. It does not publish exact models, complete inventory, odds, values, scanner cues, or item-specific outcomes.

Open contraband guide

When unclear

Two recovery moves

No visible cue: mark it unclear rather than safe.
Conflicting observations: reset and repeat only the confirmed X-ray and search actions.

Mistakes

What this guide deliberately avoids

Automatic safe verdict

A completed checklist proves only that you recorded the steps.

Invented signal meanings

No official colors, sounds, thresholds, or accuracy rule is published here.

Complete item claim

Shanks and guns are examples, not a declared full inventory.

FAQ

Inspection questions

Can the inspection checklist prove an inmate is safe?

No. It records whether you performed and observed steps; it never certifies safety or the absence of contraband.

Which inspection actions are confirmed?

The official game description names X-raying inmates and searching them for hidden contraband.

Which contraband is confirmed?

Shanks and guns are named examples. The description does not say they form the complete inventory.

What if X-ray and search appear to disagree?

Mark the observation unclear, reset the local checklist, and repeat the visible actions. Do not invent a signal rule from one conflict.