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Soledad prison cell-phone smugglers meet K-9 match

A metal locker is covered in rust, the cord of a small television hanging on its side.

In a dimly lit bunker at the California Training Facility, about a dozen of these lockers stand next to a set of bunk beds. The room is unassuming and quiet, except for the heavy panting of a black German shepherd.

The dog sniffs the worn mattress, then moves past a box filled with paper. After its handler, Officer Oscar Covarrubias, opens one of the rusty lockers, the German shepherd pokes its head in and immediately sits...

LINK - TheCalifornian.com