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| Guard accused of smuggling heroin into Nevada women's prison |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/22/2003 |
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A prison guard was arrested Wednesday after authorities said she tried to smuggle two heroin-filled balloons into the Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Facility in North Las Vegas. Lt. Matthew Alberto of the Department of Public Safety said Constance Edwards, 33, had been under investigation for about a month. He said Edwards, who had worked at the prison for about two years, was arrested with more than $200 worth of heroin. "We found the stuff today in her bra," Alberto said. "She was not only smuggling in dope, she was smuggling in other kinds of illegal contraband: cologne, toothbrushes, toiletries, Listerine ... or things you couldn't get in commissary." Edwards, a mother of two with no criminal record, was charged with introducing a controlled substance into a correctional institution and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Investigators allege Edwards was providing inmate Valerie Moore with cocaine and heroin and got between $50 and $200 every time she brought contraband into the prison, Alberto said. The Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Facility is managed and owned by Corrections Corporation of America, a privately owned corporation. |
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