Two charged for drug smuggling into federal prisons

Coal Township, Pa. — Two men made fake attorney credentials so they could smuggle drugs into federal prisons, officials say.

Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections filed charges against Devin Walker, 34, and Dejah Schoolfield, 29, both from Philadelphia. Police say the pair falsified legal credentials to send drug‑saturated paper into prisons.

Legal mail, also known as privileged correspondence, includes any mailing containing a Department of Corrections-issued number, as well as a secondary code on the outside of an envelope. Numbers are only issued to verified attorneys or court personnel…

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