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Prison Officials Losing War on Drug Smuggling
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2011
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Crime.
Locations:
Florida,
United States of America.
Despite the closed environment and high security features of prisons, prison officials continue to lose the battle against drugs and other contraband smuggling. The results of interdiction efforts are often the same as those in America’s decades-old “war on drugs” – a few skirmishes are won …
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