Friday, June 12, 2015

Contraband can be turned into weapons within the facility. There are always safeguards for prisons regarding contraband.

June 12, 2015


Joyce Mitchell, (click here) the prison worker who has fallen under suspicion in the escape of two killers in New York, did not provide the two men power tools, but she did take contraband into the prison, the local prosecutor said Friday. 

Andrew Wylie, the Clinton County district attorney, declined to say what the contraband was. Speaking generally, he said that contraband could be anything from toothpaste to blades and drugs. 

Asked whether bringing in contraband would be considered criminal activity, he said: "Of course it is."...