This issue should get a lot of prominence but never does. Prison guards in a lot of prisons all across the country aid prisoners in bringing drugs and other contraband into prisons. It happens all the time. It probably could be cut back significantly if the media reported it and states got serious about it, but no one seems to care.
The national media and politicians are hesitant to report on prison corruption because the inmates and officers involved are disproportionately minority, particularly black. It would be in PC. To the Compost’s credit they do note some very embarrassing facts about officers that aided the Black Guerilla Army...
“At the center of the investigation was an alleged leader of the Black Guerilla Family, Tavon White, who prosecutors said fathered five children with four of the corrections officers — Jennifer Owens, 31, of Randallstown; Katera Stevenson, 24, of Baltimore; Chania Brooks, 27, of Baltimore; and Tiffany Linder, 27, of Baltimore — since his incarceration on attempted murder charges in 2009.”
“In one instance, prosecutors described Officer Jasmin Jones allegedly standing guard outside a closet while Officer Kimberly Dennis had sex with inmate Derius Duncan.”