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Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal
Loaded on May 16, 2022
by Casey Bastian
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Prison Gangs,
Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet,
Drug Laws/Offenses.
Location:
New York.
By Casey J. Bastian
On March 18, 2022, a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard was indicted in federal court in New York City on charges he smuggled a loaded gun into the now-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan. The guard, Greg McKinzie, 35, is the fourth MCC employee ...
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