The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Prisons, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Damiani. In most jurisdictions, prison inmates are forbidden from possessing mobile phones due to. It’s imperative to keep our correctional facilities safe and secure.” Robinson was a key partner in this conspiracy and is being held appropriately accountable. “Introducing contraband into prisons can put corrections staff, inmates, and even the community at risk. Any punishment imposed under subsection (b) for a violation of this section by an inmate of a prison shall be consecutive to the sentence being served by such. “Talk about a brazen smuggling scheme, using a line lowered right down to Arch Street,” said Jacqueline Maguire, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. Attorney’s Office will not tolerate this kind of lawless behavior.” “In this case, instead of learning from previous mistakes, the defendant couldn’t help himself and committed another crime by smuggling contraband into the facility. “Maintaining the secure environment of federal correctional facilities is paramount to the safety of staff and inmates and the pursuit of justice in an effort to deter future criminal conduct,” said U.S. Specifically, investigators discovered that another FDC inmate, defendant Robinson, had aided them in their smuggling operation from his own cell by arranging, via a contraband cell phone, for the drugs to be brought to the FDC. Meanwhile, further investigation revealed that they did not act alone. The dramatic raids led to the drug convicts being stripped of their contraband riches and confined to regular cells in a new building in the prison. Both men were charged and convicted for possessing contraband in prison. Upon searching the cell from which the rope emanated, officers found two cellmates along with quantities of Suboxone, cocaine, tobacco, methamphetamine tablets, marijuana, a SIM card, and an inoperable cell phone.
Security camera footage showed a rope being pulled up the side of the building facing Arch Street. In April 2020, staff at the FDC observed a man outside the prison, attaching items to a line. In October 2021, the defendant was convicted by a jury on charges of conspiracy and possession of contraband in prison, stemming from a 2020 incident caught on security recordings. Pratter for conspiring with others to smuggle contraband into the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia. The Commission has established a 2-phased process whereby certain corrections officials, known as Designated Correctional Facility Officials (DCFOs), can request that wireless providers disable contraband devices if the request relies on a CIS that has received special FCC approval and that has undergone successful correctional facility site-testing.PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anthony Robinson, a/k/a Slick, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Gene E.K. CIS Authorization Process For Disabling Contraband Wireless Devices These technological solutions rely on the use of wireless spectrum and include: managed access, which can capture and drop calls made from a contraband device and detection systems, which can be used to obtain device identifying information. Yet there has been little research on critical contraband issues. A fine or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, if an inmate was caught. Each prisoner can only carry one thing at a time, he will always carry it with him but may decide to hide it, usually in the prisoners cell in a bed, toilet, or other objects in his/her cell. A common punishment for smuggling contraband are: A fine or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both, if an inmate was caught smuggling, possessing, or using narcotic drugs, methamphetamine, and other illegal drugs. The federal government and various states have been using and investing in technologies known generally as Contraband Interdiction Systems (CIS) to combat contraband wireless device use in correctional facilities. Prison contraband poses a substantial threat to the safety of correctional staff and incarcerated people. Contraband are the objects that prisoners smuggle into prison or obtain inside the prison. In some cases, incarcerated people use these devices to engage in a variety of criminal activities posing serious threats to officials, incarcerated people within the facility, and innocent members of the public. CIS Certification Applications and Self-Certifications Guidance PNįor decades, wireless devices, including cell phones, have been smuggled into correctional facilities nationwide.
0 kommentar(er)
