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(U) Source: BOP.
(U) Suboxone hidden in a magazine sent to an inmate.
(U) Source: BOP.
(U) Drugs smuggled into a prison.
cases, contraband is thrown over fences
onto prison yards. The high occurrence of
cell phone smuggling is due to the fact that
communication is paramount to the control
prison gangs maintain over street gangs.
(U) Drugs
(U) State and federal facilities reported drug
trafficking among the top crimes prison
gangs commit. Accordingly, drugs provide the
number one source of revenue for street and
prison gangs and thus the two entities work
jointly to secure illicit funds through drugrelated
crimes and to establish influence in the
drug trade.
(U) Prison gangs do not gravitate toward a
specific drug type. Drug involvement only
requires accessibility. The drugs most readily
available in a specific region also rank among
the highest reported. Since their ultimate
objective is to make money, gangs will attempt
to capitalize on any drug within reach. For that
reason, law enforcement reporting links gangs
to all drug types. 28
• (U) According to survey responses from state
correction entities, gangs are connected
to the following drugs: marijuana, cocaine,
crystal methamphetamine, Suboxone,
heroin, and synthetic cannabinoids. 29
(U) Trends
(U) Corruption of Prison Staff
(U) Corruption of prison staff continues to
threaten the US penal system. Many prison
gangs target corrections officers specifically
to facilitate their interactions with street
gangs and to sustain their criminal operations.
Studies implicate officers in transgressions,
such as smuggling contraband, laundering
money, providing sexual favors to gang
members, engaging in prostitution activities,
issuing orders to street gangs, and assisting
communication efforts between prison and
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