A nurse who works inside the Maricopa County jail system has been arrested on charges of promoting prison contraband and possessing drug paraphernalia, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and court records.
Lisa Marie Lara, an employee of Maricopa County Correctional Health Services, was arrested Nov. 4 after detectives searched her vehicle in the parking lot of the MCSO Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix, according to court documents.
According to the court paperwork, detectives received a handwritten letter on Nov. 4 from an inmate in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. The letter alleged that Lara stored drug paraphernalia inside her car and routinely parked it in the Lower Buckeye Jail lot while on duty. The letter also alleged that Lara introduced contraband into the jail and maintained inappropriate relationships with inmates housed at the facility…