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BOP Guards Plead Guilty in Smuggling Ring at Closed Manhattan Lockup

Loaded on May 1, 2024 published in Prison Legal News May, 2024, page 48
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct. Location: New York.

On October 10, 2023, a former federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard at the now-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan was sentenced for her role in a contraband-smuggling conspiracy. Prosecutors had already gotten guilty pleas from three former co-workers at the lockup, which was shut down due to …

 

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