A Los Angeles County mother was sentenced to prison on Wednesday after she tried to sneak fentanyl into the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar in 2023.
Jeny Morenoparra, 42, was was sentenced to 16 months in a state prison after she pleaded no contest to one felony count of bringing drugs or alcohol into a prison, jail or detention facility in January, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Morenoparra, who is the mother of a juvenile housed at the facility, was contacted by a supervising deputy probation officer during a visit in 2023, when she was found to have nearly three dozen pills that tested positive for fentanyl, the release said…