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Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: News, News in Brief

, was arrested on charges of smuggling marijuana into the jail for prisoner Anthony Stanfield. Stanfield was also charged. NM: On January 20, 2000, San Juan county jail guard Darren Howell was convicted ...

Where to Now For Prison Smoking?

Article • February 15, 1998 • from PLN February, 1998

Filed under: Smoking, Civil Procedure, Damages, Employee Litigation

News . "Guards Fear Fallout from State Prison Smoking Ban: Union Predicts Increase in Violence, Smuggling." Nov. 25, 1996. Page A1. Charlie Cain. 4) Banned in Prison, Supra . 5) Correctional ...

Guards Convicted of Stealing, Bringing Drugs into Washington State Private Jail

Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Staffing

-year-old, approximately $500,000-per-year jail operation has recently come under scrutiny due to several problems, including a guard who smuggled marijuana into the facility, a guard who stole money from ...

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Some Convictions of Four Georgia Prison Guards for Drug Smuggling; Reverses Others for Retrial

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Some Convictions of Four Georgia Prison Guards for Drug Smuggling; Reverses Others for Retrial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 17, 20201, the United States ...

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Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

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, 2004, Christine Callahan, 36, a former guard at the Norfolk County House of Corrections in Dedham pleaded guilty to smuggling heroin in to the jail and to manslaughter when the prisoner she gave ...

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Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

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in her possession by the time of the investigation. Pennsylvania: A former Montgomery County prison guard was sentenced in mid-March 2022 after pleading guilty to smuggling contraband into a facility ...

New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007

Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Staffing

New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007 by Gary Hunter Guards in New Jersey prisons have been found guilty of everything from smuggling drugs and cell phones to simply failing to show up ...

Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup

Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025

Filed under: Cell Searches, Drug Testing, Prison/Jail Murders, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Cell Phone Access, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet

(DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), conducted a sweep that uncovered a trove of contraband drugs, electronics and weapons. That led to smuggling charges against a guard. Earlier that same month ...

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Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

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News in Brief by Alaska: A former prison guard convicted of smuggling drugs into the Goose Creek Correctional Center was sentenced on April 24, 2017 to eight months in federal prison. Adam ...

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Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014

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declined to pursue criminal charges against the guard, who was allegedly involved in a tobacco smuggling scheme. Oregon: A commercial truck driver said he choked on a sip of coffee and passed out before ...

Prison-Area Cell Phone Companies Not Liable for Attempted Hit on Guard

Article • October 14, 2016

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Telephones, Cell Phone Access, Contractor Liability

providers and owners of cell towers in the area around a South Carolina prison were not liable for the attempted murder of a prison guard ordered by a prisoner using a smuggled cell phone. Robert Johnson ...

Florida Guard Arrested for Having Sex with Prisoner Allegedly Took Bribes to Smuggle Cigars in Her Vagina

Article • February 22, 2023

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct

Florida Guard Arrested for Having Sex with Prisoner Allegedly Took Bribes to Smuggle Cigars in Her Vagina by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 13, 2023, a former prison guard from ...

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Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015

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to smuggle contraband to a prisoner, including a cell phone and cigarettes. Darren Malry, 51, pleaded guilty to the charges on October 17, 2014 and awaits sentencing. Another CCA guard at the facility, Lenard ...

Seven Former GEO Employees Plead Guilty in Federal Texas Private Jail Bribery Scheme

Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Bribery/Extortion/Theft

Hidalgo Detention Center pleaded guilty to bribery after admitting she received cash to smuggle marijuana into the jail. She was the seventh GEO employee to plead guilty to the charges presented in federal ...

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Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

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result in up to 90 days in jail. Missouri: James Lamont Moore, formerly a guard at the St. Louis Justice Center, was sentenced to two years in federal prison on October 30, 2009 for smuggling what he ...

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Article • May 4, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

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’ rectum.” Georgia: Dequarius Blount, 23, a former guard at the Augusta State Medical Prison, pleaded guilty on October 16, 2017 to smuggling marijuana into the facility for resale to prisoners ...

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Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011

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members attacking members of a rival gang, left two prisoners and three guards with minor injuries. The second fight, on August 27, also involved Norteno gang members. Guards used batons and pepper spray ...

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Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

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online while billionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide last year, a guard was arrested in September 2020 and charged with extorting sex from a woman whom he allowed to smuggle contraband ...

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Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

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bribery and smuggling contraband into the jail. Texas: On June 28, 2004, a jail transport van owned by Civigenics, a private for profit, prison company, crashed when a tire blew out. A guard ...

Four Female Prisoners Seek Damages Over Abuses at Oregon Prison Called A “Cesspool” of Staff Sexual Abuse, Latest in Abuse Saga

Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Gender Discrimination -- Women

’s first sexual abuse scandal hit. A guard, Lieutenant Jeffrey Allen Barcenas, and Food Services Coordinator Christopher Don Randall both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of official misconduct ...