# Consumer Drones Are Outsmarting America's Prison Security Infrastructure

- slug: consumer-drones-are-outsmarting-americas-prison-security-infrastructure
- date: 2026-03-22
- category: Robotics

On the night of March 14, 2026, somewhere around 1 a.m., a neon-green quadcopter drifted over the fence at Marcy Correctional Facility in central New York and dropped a package into the yard.

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