A South Carolina prison guard ended up with a federal prison sentence of her own after being caught smuggling drugs into a federal correctional institution (FCI). Angela Crosland, 51, of Elgin, once tasked with maintaining law and order inside the walls of FCI Williamsburg, now finds herself behind bars, with a sentence of 136 months.
The conviction comes after a federal jury found Crosland guilty of bribery, money laundering, distribution of methamphetamine and suboxone, and filing false tax returns. Over the course of a two-day trial, prosecutors painted a detailed picture of corruption fueled by cash and contraband.
Crosland was found to have smuggled drugs, marijuana, food, and even K2-laced paper into the prison. Her clientele? Inmates whose family members and associates funneled payments through her Cash App account—$56,791 worth of transactions that never made it onto her tax returns…