MDOC issued the following statement.
New technology spoiled a black-market Christmas for some inmates at South Mississippi Correctional Institution near Leakesville early Monday morning. Unidentified smugglers at 1:30 a.m. threw more than 25 packages across a remote section of the prison's perimeter fence. The packages contained a wide assortment of illegal contraband from 38 cellphones to 4 pounds of marijuana to 7 pounds of barbequed chicken wings. Some of the illegal goods were sewn into footballs which easily cleared SMCI's double 18-foot-high fences.
But alerted by sensing technology, Corrections officers scrambled to the area, confiscated all the contraband and were able to describe the smugglers' vehicle. SMCI Superintendent Andrew Mills said Security Chief Michael McLendon spotted the slow-moving vehicle and a search is underway for it by state and local law enforcement.
Deputy Commissioner of Institutions Jeworski Mallett said, "Our enhanced security measures are making us better at seizing contraband at all of our prisons any time of the day or night. Clearly, we're making a dent because smugglers on the outside are taking extreme risks to help some inmates carry on illegal activities. We are also developing plans to re-open perimeter guard towers with marksmen armed with high-powered rifles. Everyone knows that trespassing on prison grounds is illegal day and night."
"We are making Mississippi prisons safer for inmates and Corrections officers by stopping the flow of contraband," added MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain. "Gang leaders use contraband as a way to control other inmates and we're choking off their operations they've used for decades to control prisons. Now we're installing and using the latest security systems, drones overhead, and cameras and scanners everywhere plus we're recruiting and hiring the best and brightest criminal justice graduates. Governor Reeves wants us to bring Mississippi Corrections into the 21st Century and we are."
Among the contraband seized, officials found:
1. 4 pounds of marijuana
2. 20 pounds of tobacco and rolling papers
3. 38 cellphones, chargers and Blue Tooth earbuds
4. An assortment of cigars
5. Over-the-counter cold medications
6. 10 cans of snuff
7. Several packs of cigarettes and lighters
8. 1 scale
9. 1 head scarf
10. 7 pounds of barbequed chicken wings.
Those inmates found connected with the smuggling attempt will lose eligibility for early release and accumulated earned time.
16 comments:
wonder where the wings ended up
Shouldn't the prison have guard towers at each corner with snipers ready to shoot anyone who gets near the perimeter of the facility? And how were the prisoners supposed to pick up the contraband? Are they letting them out unsupervised to the point they can get right up to the edge of the prison grounds?
Pretty poor security in the first place is what allows this to happen.
Not the BBQ, man! Not the BBQ
They are admitting to "decades" of corruption.
9:57. The movies do not always reflect real life. "guard towers at each corner with snipers ready to shoot anyone". ROFLMAO.
Remember back in a romantic time when some prisons had parallel perimeter fences with really bad dogs running between them.
Low tech - high results.
* Holds Guinness Book of World Records achievement for longest distance punt of a football stuffed with 7 pounds of barbeque chicken wings.*
As a compliment to the 4 pounds of marijuana, we'll also "throw in" 7 pounds of barbeque chicken wings!
It's just amazing that the "old" technology didn't also catch this BS.
More likely that they are now looking for it and previously the corrections officers were supplying it.
Contraband chicken wings ?
Chicken wings ? ? ?
Gawd . . . only at a Mississippi prison.
Too bad boys, everything has to go through Mr Cain now. I did my part.
I thought that food deliveries during Covid were authorized, and it's "medicinal pot."
What idiots. There is no way that 7 pounds of chicken wings is going to be near enough to go with four POUNDS of marijuana. Even knowing that the weed is terrible (who is going to risk 4 lbs of good weed in a half-baked scheme like that?), four pounds is a good bit of weed. I'm no expert, but instead of a football full of 7 lbs of chicken wings, with four pounds of weed chucked into a prison population, you probably should go with something the size of the Goodyear Blimp full of chicken wings, especially if BBQ'd, i.e., not fried, no batter. Just sauce. Yummy.
They finally identified the root source of the illegal prison economy: Quarterbacks!
Follow the money, Georgie was probably planning a party for his new friends.
Jaworski is on it!
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