JESSUP, Md. — Ten people — including two correctional officers and a correctional educator — have been indicted in connection with three contraband smuggling operations at Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI), Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced.
The charges outline three unrelated operations inside the Anne Arundel County facility, each involving correctional staff accused of using their access to move drugs, cellphones and other prohibited items to incarcerated individuals, the Attorney General’s Office said.
“We trust correctional staff to keep prisons safe – not smuggle contraband to the people they supervise,” Brown said. “Our Office will always prosecute public servants who abuse their positions and undermine prison safety.”…