Skip to content
Stillsky

Solutions · Prisons and county jails

Stop the drop. Find the package.

We spot drones smuggling into prisons and jails, including the ones RF detectors can’t hear, and show your officers where the package landed. Then we hand investigators evidence that holds up.

The scale of the problem

Drone incidents at federal BOP prisons, 2018 to 2024

23 → 479

Drone incidents at federal BOP prisons, 2018 to 2024

Source: WAFF, Apr 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Drone incidents in Georgia state prisons in 2025

~400

Drone incidents in Georgia state prisons in 2025

Source: Facilities Dive (opens in a new tab)
Drone incidents across South Carolina’s prisons in 2025

273

Drone incidents across South Carolina’s prisons in 2025

Source: CNN, May 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Drops into 10 federal prisons charged in one DOJ indictment

38+

Drops into 10 federal prisons charged in one DOJ indictment

Source: ABC News, Jun 2026 (opens in a new tab)

The problem

Smugglers learned to turn the radio off.

Most drone detectors listen for the radio link between drone and pilot. A drone flying pre-programmed waypoints with that link off passes unheard. And even when a detector fires, it doesn’t tell officers where the package landed.

  • Today: Your RF detector hears nothing when a drone flies a pre-programmed route with its link off.

    With Stillsky: Acoustic and vision sensing catch it anyway, and RF still adds identity when it’s there.

  • Today: You find out when a phone turns up in a cell search.

    With Stillsky: You get an alert while the drone is still on its way in.

  • Today: Officers know a drone flew over, but not where the package fell.

    With Stillsky: Pathfinder marks the drop zone, so officers get there first.

  • Today: No footage, no track, no case.

    With Stillsky: A hash-chained evidence pack with a timestamped clip, in open formats investigators can import.

Vendor-neutral

Keep the sensors you own.

Pathfinder fuses the RF sensors and cameras your facility already owns with Watchposts, and delivers alerts where your team already looks.

  • Existing RF detectors and radar, ingested through Connect
  • Genetec and Milestone VMS: alerts, tracks and clips on the screens your control room uses
  • Evidence packs in open formats investigators can import
  • Phone, SMS and radio alerts for officers on the yard
A solar Watchpost sensor on a pole beside a facility's perimeter fence at dusk, with a drone in the sky
Concept render

County jails

Built for the facilities big vendors skip.

Statewide contracts tend to cover state prisons. County jails and mid-size facilities face the same drones with smaller budgets and thinner night shifts. Track Lite is $2,500 a month with a one-day install, and Stillsky Watch can monitor overnight for you.

to install. Live within a week. Nothing on your IT network

1 day

to install. Live within a week. Nothing on your IT network

per site per month for Track Lite

$2,500

per site per month for Track Lite

paid 30-day pilot, fully credited if you subscribe

$4,500

paid 30-day pilot, fully credited if you subscribe

Stillsky Watch monitoring, +$2,500 per month

24/7

Stillsky Watch monitoring, +$2,500 per month

Why now

The law and the money both arrived in 2026.

The SAFER SKIES Act (signed December 18, 2025) extends counter-drone authority to trained and certified state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement and correctional agencies. The DOJ/DHS rule took effect on July 1, 2026, with separate tiers for detection and for mitigation. Federal Register

The FY2026 Byrne JAG local solicitation names equipment or services for the detection, tracking or identification of drones, with applications due in October 2026. C-UAS purchases need BJA prior approval. BJA solicitation

Not legal advice. Confirm eligibility and grant terms with your counsel and grant administrator.

  1. Now

    Start with a Track pilot

    Detection, drop zones and evidence.

  2. Grant-funded

    Own the sensors

    Own the sensors ($3,200 per node) and subscribe to Pathfinder ($4,000 per site per month), with itemized quotes for your application.

  3. Once certified

    Add Intercept

    Your certified officers operate it; Stillsky supplies the equipment, training and maintenance.

Paid 30-day pilot · $4,500

Decide on data.

The pilot runs next to whatever you already have. At day 30 you see what each system caught. Subscribe and the full fee is credited.

  1. Day 1

    Install

    Mount Watchposts, whitelist your own drones, connect alerts and your VMS.

  2. Week 1

    Live

    Real alerts, drop zones and evidence packs to your investigators.

  3. Day 30

    Review

    Detections, false alarms per day, time to alert and a side-by-side with your RF detector.

Questions from corrections teams

The straight answers.

More on eligibility: who can buy Track and Intercept.

Keep it. Pathfinder can ingest it through Connect and fuse it with acoustic and vision sensing, which catch the radio-silent drones RF misses. Your pilot compares the two side by side.

Show us your perimeter. We’ll show you the drones.

A 30-minute call: your facility’s layout, where drops happen, what a pilot would cover and how to fund it.

Or try the live console free: simulated site, no card.