June 17, 2009
Private prison workers plead guilty to smuggling
Two former West Texas prison employees have pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband for prisoners.
Velma Jean Payan, 41, said Tuesday she took more than $2,000 from associates of inmates to smuggle a "green leafy substance" into the privately managed Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos from October to January, federal prosecutors said.
Jerri Diaz Ornelas, 40, said Monday that she took about $450 from an inmate in October 2008 to smuggle tobacco into the prison that primarily houses federal criminal immigrants…
LINK - Chron.com
