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| Unexpected meat delivery at Parchman leads to contraband seizure |
| By msnewsnow.com- Shderia Thompson |
| Published: 02/01/2016 |
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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections says an unexpected delivery of meat led to the discovery of a second major contraband find at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman this past week. As a result, Units 29 and 30 are on lockdown, meaning visitation, telephone, and commissary privileges are suspended until further notice. The buildings collectively house about 1,000 inmates. Prison officials are investigating how the suspected marijuana, cell phones and other items made it into the prison and for whom they were intended. Forty-six cell phones and chargers, eight packs of suspected marijuana and four packs of tobacco were found in the bottom of a crate of meat delivered to Unit 29 from Unit 30 on Wednesday. A supervisor at Unit 29 questioned the delivery, considering it had not been requested in the daily run from Unit 30. A search of the crate turned up the contraband. Read More. |
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