A former captain with the state Department of Corrections shared confidential information with inmates in exchange for money, according to a state prosecutor.
Leon Morell has been charged with disclosure of confidential information, obstruction of justice, money laundering, misconduct in office, ethics violations and computer crimes, according to Special Assistant Attorney General Stephen Lunsford.
“This whole case is based around trust,” Lunsford said during a Thursday morning bond hearing. Morell “is privy to what systems we use to intercept cellphone communications, how we do our searches … and the operational security of our officers, and still he’s communicating with inmates and providing them with that information, which put the entire the SCDC at risk.”…