Oklahoma County jail swaps corn for green beans to curb contraband brew after crackdown

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — A small change to the Oklahoma County Detention Center’s menu is aimed at disrupting a much bigger problem inside the jail: contraband, including homemade alcohol.

Jail Administrator Tim Kimrey said the detention center is swapping out corn for green beans after a recent operation targeting contraband inside the facility turned up shanks, drugs and jailhouse beer, commonly called hooch.

“I’ve never made homemade brew and but I know that there’s certain things it requires. And obviously it does require sugar,” Kimrey said…

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