All four were treated and released by a local hospital. According to a report by Huntsville TV station WAAY, four prisoners ended up suffering “respiratory issues” after smoking the poisoned cigarettes. He also pleaded to guilty to a second count of witness tampering for phoning another BOP guard to whom he had admitted the incident with instructions not to report what he said but rather to lie and say Ellis had reported “nothing happened.” By then, however, DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General was already investigating the matter and so investigators were able to record the incriminating phone call.Īlabama: A former guard at the Morgan County Jail in Decatur, Alabama, pleaded guilty on October 20, 2021, to four counts of third-degree assault after spraying a chemical irritant on cigarettes that were then smoked by a prisoner who had insulted him.
According to a statement by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ), the guard, 32-year-old Eric Todd Ellis, pleaded guilty to one count of sexually abusing a ward for having sex with a BOP prisoner in the prison laundry room on June 11, 2020.
The county Sheriff’s office was still investigating and said it anticipated more arrests would follow.Īlabama: A former guard employed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Institute in Aliceville, Alabama, was sentenced on October 26, 2021, to an 18-month prison term, followed by five years of supervised release. At the time of his arrest, he had worked at the jail for about a year. According to a report by Huntsville TV station WHNT, the guard, Matthew Moran, faces one count of attempting to commit a controlled substance crime, one count of distribution of a controlled substance and one count of promoting prison contraband.
Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with emailĪlabama: A 20-year-old guard at the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, was arrested on October 29, 2021, on charges that he attempted to smuggle methamphetamine into the jail.
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