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| Tenn. correction officers fired, face smuggling charges |
| By Jackson Sun |
| Published: 07/19/2004 |
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Three correctional officers will face charges for allegedly bringing drugs into two penal institutions in Hardeman County (Tenn.) this month. Ashley Kinnon and Shounda Palmer were fired from the Whiteville Correctional Facility last Monday after their Saturday arrest for smuggling marijuana into the Whiteville Correctional Facility. In a separate case, Patricia Cole, 51, of Jackson, is also facing charges of introducing contraband into a penal institution, possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine. Cole was a GED teacher at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility. Palmer, 22, was arrested after jail security officers discovered she had two packages of marijuana, wrapped in duct tape and concealed inside of potato chip cans. She told police that she had been operating with her co-worker, Kinnon, in bringing the drugs into the facility. Palmer started working at the Whiteville Correctional Facility on March 15 and Kinnon began last October, Public Information Officer Stacy Hensley said last Wednesday afternoon. Palmer and Kinnon, both of Brownsville, are charged with felony counts of introduction of contraband into a penal institution. However, Palmer is also charged with possession of marijuana and is being held on a $10,000 bond. Kinnon is out on a $10,000 bond. Investigators also believe a third person was involved with bringing drugs into the facility, Whiteville Police Chief John Doolen said. Meanwhile, Cole, who is out on a $2,500 bail, was arrested on July 1 when insider tips led investigators to believe that a drug exchange was scheduled between Cole and an inmate on that date. Doolen said Cole had been suspected of bringing drugs into the facility for several months. Drugs were later discovered on the inmate accused of conspiring with Cole. Both locations, Hardeman County and Whiteville, are privately owned by Corrections Corporation of America and have a partnership with the Tennessee Department of Corrections to house the state's inmates. |
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