Despite paper bans at New Orleans’ jail, drug-soaked paper is still getting inside, arrests show

Despite restrictions on paper at the Orleans Justice Center, drug-soaked paper has spread recently inside the correctional facility, resulting in the arrests of both a deputy and a man in custody last month.

In August, former deputy Shion Scott, 23, told Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators he’d participated in an organized contraband smuggling operation involving suboxone strips, cigarettes and paper containing a narcotic substance, according to an NOPD arrest report.

Scott told investigators he’d received electronic payments for the contraband, which he allegedly introduced on six occasions, the report states…

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