MDOC issued the following statement.
Rat poison and liquor seized during shakedown involving another Parchman work camp
Rat poison, liquor in plastic water bottles, cigarette lighters and other contraband items were seized during a shakedown at three Parchman units, including another work camp, Thursday morning.
Officers conducted the shakedown at Unit 25, which is for inmates in the Pre-Release Program; Unit 28, which is a work camp; and Unit 31, which is for inmates with disabilities. Collectively, 477 inmates were housed in the three locations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
Most of the contraband, however, came from the work camp, where 191 offenders were assigned, when officers searched.
“It appears contraband is being trafficked through staff members, visitors and inmates while on work detail,” Commissioner Pelicia E. Hall said. “As part of Operation Zero Tolerance, the trafficking will be addressed. A preliminary investigation already has confirmed some sources.”
Seventy-five cigarette lighters were found in a pipe chase. They can go for $25 each. It appears that the rat poison confiscated is being mixed with drugs, such as marijuana, which could be toxic and lethal to offenders, if ingested.
One inmate was spooked as officers arrived early morning. He was observed running from a perimeter fence back into a building. Drugs and liquor were found on him during a subsequent search.
Other contraband items found include tobacco, cigarettes, Top paper, cellphones, cellphone chargers and related items.
“If we find an item that is not on an inmate’s allowable list, it will be confiscated,” Hall said.
Hall started the shakedowns in March to decrease the amount of contraband for the safety of staff and inmates. Last week, a significant amount of contraband was found at Unit 26, a work camp at Parchman.
Any facility in the prison system is subject to an unannounced visit under Operation Zero Tolerance, Hall said.
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“It appears contraband is being trafficked through staff members, visitors and inmates while on work detail,” Commissioner Pelicia E. Hall said.
No shit? Or perhaps it's just falling from the sky.
I can understand some of the small turd shaped objects.
I have a hard time understanding the large objects that will not fit in a body opening.
We have too many crooks guarding the other crooks. The only thing I can see that will stop all of this is to pull all of the guards out, fire most of them, and station guards outside of the fence. Allow only prisoners on the inside, guards on the outside, and do not let them leave until they have served their time.
Anything found in the jail that is not supposed to be there should result in firing all of the guards and hiring new ones.
the little green balls is rat poison! So, getting sodomized was going to get payback.
I don't see how you fix this problem. It's been going on as long as there have been prisons.
No raises for guards in 20 years. They barely make minimum wage. No wonder they are on the take. Why risk your life when you can make more money cooperating with the tenants?
That's the same way our state wants to run Medicaid. Freeze hiring, run all the good people off and just let the patients and the hospitals rot while we claim to run a tight ship. The new brand of conservatism.
4:59, if they cannot perform the job they should go to work somewhere else.
I don't know of any job that is easier. All they have to do is keep the crooks on one side of the bars and everything and everyone else on the other side.
Even burger flipping takes more skill than that.
That's a lie, they've had several raises over the last 20 years - as many, if not more, than the other county employees. Cry me a river.
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