The COs slipped cellphones and drugs to jailed Bloods members for tens of thousands of dollars in bribes
Drugs, tobacco and cellphones worth more than $300,000 inside the prison system were seized
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Davien Philip Turner is charged with trying to deliver wire cutters, other tools, money, cellphones, chargers and tobacco
Eric Christian is scheduled to be sentenced for smuggling contraband and allowing or encouraging fights between inmates
The indictment accuses Jose Martin Espinoza Jr., of accepting money for bringing contraband into the East Hidalgo Detention Center
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The clips, which are being shot on illegal cellphones, show inmates using the drug "flakka" as well as inmates attacking and threatening each other
An attorney for the former officer said his client's loss of control over the inmate led to the repeated misconduct
The move stops short of addressing out-and-out cell signal jamming
Prison officials have long said that cellphones pose the greatest security threat behind bars
Officials said the CO had been involved in a relationship with the inmate since November 2019
An 87-year-old law is blocking the way for states to start jamming contraband cellphones being used inside prisons
Deputies found large quantity of cellphones, tobacco in various states, knives, marijuana and narcotic drugs
A review of surveillance video showed a man cutting a fence and entering the area at the wall breach
Extraction and analytics technologies are helping corrections facilities access contraband cellphone data to stop crimes inside and outside prison walls
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