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| Green Haven prison winding up lockdown; contraband found |
| By poughkeepsiejournal.com- Craig Wolf |
| Published: 09/19/2014 |
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STORMVILLE – The state's prison department is phasing down a lockdown that began Monday at Green Haven Correctional Facility during a comprehensive "frisk" that turned up contraband. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision declined to say just what the contraband was. However, in late August, a corrections officer who worked at Green Haven was charged by state police with taking a bribe to introduce a pound of marijuana into the prison. The maximum security prison was placed on a "complete lockdown order" Monday by Acting Commissioner Anthony Annucci "in order for the facility to undergo a thorough and complete frisk," said Linda Foglia, spokeswoman for the department. "Credible information led to the belief that significant amounts of contraband had been smuggled into the facility on a systemic basis over a period of time." Read More. |
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