Officer cuffed for smuggling drugs into Rikers

A former Rikers Island correctional officer was cuffed by federal authorities last week after prosecutors said she smuggled drugs into the notorious jail complex in exchange for cash payments from detainees. Ghislaine Barrientos, a 37-year-old woman who previously worked as a correctional officer for the city’s Department of Correction, faces…

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