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Contraband prosecutions

After all the hubbub about contraband smuggling in state prisons, it's ironic that the only recent example we've seen of indictments against prison staff for contraband comes from a privately run federal facility. AP reports that: A former correctional officer at the Ector County Correctional Center faces a federal bribery charge for allegedly supplying an inmate with three bags of marijuana and a cell phone in exchange for about $450, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.Andrew Allen Zehr, 23, faces up to 15 years in federal prison and a maximum $250,000 fine if convicted of the offense alleged to have taken place in late October. ...Zehr was employed by New Jersey-based CiviGenics, otherwise known as Community Education Centers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).