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.”
I do charity work with three prisons in my area. In all three of them, I know of prisoners who have all kinds of contraband including cell phones. On the flip side, the states have found ways to profit off prisoners — charging a fortune for them to make phone calls and to get extra food items. The whole prison system is a corrupt racket. It really needs to be cleaned up but no one is making it a priority.