New bill stiffens penalties for corrections officers caught bringing contraband into prisons

GPB’s Peter Biello speaks with Sen. Randy Robertson about a bill toughening penalties for corrections officers bringing contraband into prisons. A bill now headed to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature would stiffen the penalties for corrections officers convicted of bringing contraband cellphones, drugs, and other banned items into Georgia prisons and jails. Under the law, what was once a minimum two-year prison term is now as many as 10 years. Recently, GPB’s Peter Biello spoke with the bill’s cosponsor, Republican Sen. Randy Robertson, about what he hoped to accomplish.

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