The Justice Department issued the following statement.
After
a seven day bench trial before United States District Judge Carlton W.
Reeves, Kpanah Kollie, of Georgia, was found guilty yesterday of
conspiracy to introduce
contraband into a federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst
and Special Agent in Charge James F. Boyersmith with the Department of
Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) Miami Field Office.
“Those
who commit public corruption and participate in corrupt schemes
endangering the public and others will swiftly be brought to justice by
this office. I applaud the tenacity
of the special agents, BOP personnel, and our federal prosecutors in
prosecuting this difficult case. The actions by law enforcement here in
stopping further cellphones and other contraband from entering the
prison may have saved lives,” said U.S. Attorney
Hurst.
“Contraband
in federal prisons, such as the drugs and cell phones in this case,
undermines the safety and security of staff, inmates, and the
community. Today’s verdict shows
that all persons involved in smuggling schemes, including persons
outside the prison like Kollie, will be held accountable,” said James F.
Boyersmith, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office
of the Inspector General Miami Field Office.
In
2015, Kollie worked with inmates and correctional officers at the
federal prison in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to smuggle illegal contraband
into the facility for prisoners.
The illegal contraband included illicit drugs and unauthorized cell
phones. Correctional officers introduced these items, inmates sold them
within the prison to other prisoners, and Kollie and others ensured
that the officers and inmates were paid for their
efforts.
Kollie is the fourth defendant convicted for her role in the corrupt scheme. Two guards and one inmate previously pled guilty.
Kollie
will be sentenced on March 3, 2020, by Judge Carlton W. Reeves. She
faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, followed by up to 3 years
of supervised release, and
a $250,000 fine.
The
case was investigated by special agents of the Office of Inspector
General for the U.S. Department of Justice and staff from the Federal
Correctional Complex at Yazoo. It
was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael FiggsGanter,
Assistant U.S. Attorney Candace Mayberry, and others in the U.S.
Attorney’s Office
10 comments:
I applaud the efforts of these brave and wise people and you should all know where I stand on crime and the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound....
Bull Shit. Sit down and do your damned job.
I'm all for confiscating illegal phones, but...How does confiscating a phone from a prisoner 'save lives'? Asking for a Ma Bell Operator at area code 662.
1:39. Are you serious? How about “Hey, I’m being moved to another facility next Monday. Hit the white van out on 49.” Or running your street gang from the cell block....
1:37, I have no idea if he is standing or sitting down, but it damn sure looks like he is doing his job.
You don't like the fact that a press statement is released after a conviction? A conviction of an individual that was in collusion with inmates and federally employed and paid correctional officers?
Damn. I think that putting those type criminals deserve a press release - maybe send a message to others that want to engage in a little underground cash project.
Prisoners use them to extort from the families of other inmates. Lets say little Timmy is in prison with
some big hard men, they may pick up that phone to call Timmy's mom and make her go do a gang bang with their outside friends so little Timmy doesn't get his intestines ripped out. It only gets worse from there. Money, forced drug muling--name it, it happens. Rubes
They can use the phones to order/coordinate "hits" on rivals or witnesses.
Can you hear me now?
Orange is the new black.
Anyone see a pattern in these so called 'press releases'? They all say the same thing and are nothing but self-serving. All they leave out is "...and many thanks to my clerical staff who put these statements together".
And these punks are not exactly Little Jimmy Tarantano running the Mafia from inside the prison walls. They ain't shit and ain't runnin' shit. Summa your minds are running overtime in the imagination category.
Not only do the gentlemen at the Hinds County Detention Center have ALL the same "contraband," they even live-stream themselves and their activities on FaceBook.......yet they and their accomplices STILL don't get caught/punished!
Is this the difference between Federal and State law enforcement?
Unless you have been a prisoner, you don’t know what you are talking about.
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