From: Bronx Voice
Rookie Guard Busted for Smuggling | prison guard, smuggling contraband, Arizona Ice Tea, Patron tequila, marijuana, tobacco, Rikers Island, Otis Bantum Correctional Center
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Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a former New York City Department of Correction Officer, an inmate and the inmate’s wife have been indicted on charges they brought marijuana, alcohol and tobacco into a Rikers Island jail.
Clark said, “Contraband fuels beatings and slashings in jail because it is so lucrative. This defendant allegedly took bribes to bring in forbidden items after only 10 months on the job. He was betraying his fellow officers and endangering staff and inmates by adding to the violent atmosphere in the facility. We will not tolerate employees, inmates or visitors bringing in contraband.”
