3 charged in Delaware prison drug smuggling operation involving correctional officer, inmate

The Brief

  • Three people face felony charges after a Delaware prison drug smuggling investigation.
  • Police say a correctional officer, an inmate, and an outside accomplice worked together to bring drugs into Howard R. Young Correctional Institution.
  • Authorities seized synthetic marijuana, remifentanil, and suboxone during the arrests.

DELAWARE Delaware State Police arrested a correctional officer, an inmate, and an accomplice after a multi-agency investigation uncovered a drug smuggling operation at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution.

How police say the operation worked and who was involved

What we know:

Police say Rashod Hull, a 34-year-old correctional officer from Pemberton, New Jersey, accepted payments from 30-year-old inmate Isaiah Boykin in exchange for bringing drugs into the Wilmington prison.

Investigators said Hull and Boykin also worked with 35-year-old Autumn James of Conowingo, Maryland, to complete the drug exchanges.

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