6 Strangest Cases Of Prison Smuggling.
Number 6.
On February 4, 2016, an inmate at HMP Manchester complained of abdominal pain.
Prison staff rushed Stephen Cavanagh, 32, to the health care wing.
Fearing gallstones, they administered an X-ray.
The scan produced a vivid picture of a mobile phone hidden in the inmate's anal passage.
Correctional officers led Cavanagh to a segregation unit, where he was forced to pass the phone.
In 2013, US correction officers confiscated 4,200 phones, or 11 a day.
Inmates use diapers, soup packets, beverages, and corrupt guards to bring this desirable
contraband behind bars.
Mobile phones can be used to plan escapes, make threats, and continue to engage in criminal
enterprises from inside prison.
In 2013, two convicted murders serving life escaped from a Florida panhandle prison.
Investigators discovered a mobile phone in their abandoned cell.
Infamous killer Charles Mason has been caught with cell phones under his mattress, not once,
but twice.
Number 5.
In January 2017, a British prison officer was sentenced to nine months for smuggling
the semen of a convicted kidnapper out of HMP Garth.
A routine search uncovered the seed-filled syringe in a handbag belonging to 47-year-old
grandmother Alison Sharples.
Investigators also discovered a letter written by felon Marvin Berkeley in Sharples's underwear
drawer.
The former operational support officer was convicted of misconduct in a public office.
The trial revealed that Sharples was "besotted" with Berkeley.
One friend alleged that Sharples received the semen from under the cell door and planned
to use the Calpol syringe "like a turkey baster."
When the relationship came to light on October 23, 2014, Berkeley was only weeks away from
parole.
In 2007, Berkeley and his twin, Michael, were convicted of leading a Manchester hijacking
crew.
DNA analysis revealed the sperm could belong to either brother.
With Michael at another prison, the donor's identity became obvious.
Number 4.
In January 2017, a Florida probation officer was arrested for smuggling a sub to an inmate
in Leon County jail.
Jerilyn Harris, 39, asked to speak to prisoner Tarvell Douglas about a hearing in her office.
Corrections officers were suspicious of the unusual request, and it was not the first
time it had happened.
After the meeting, an X-ray revealed that Douglas had a Publix Italian sub, packaged
pastries, and candy hidden in his jail uniform.
The same month as the Publix sub situation, a former Chicago police dispatch supervisor
became the fifth person indicted in a smuggling ring that used sandwiches to bring tobacco,
marijuana, and alcohol into Cook County jail.
Number 3.
In February 2017, guards at a Brazilian prison captured a pigeon carrying a mobile phone.
Officials from Sao Paolo's Franco da Rocha prison believe the bird was attempting to
smuggle the contraband communication device to an inmate.
Guards were alerted when they spotted an inmate attempting to catch the pigeon.
A pouch containing a mobile phone and a battery was found firmly attached to the bird's body.
Prison officials do not know for whom the phone was intended.This is not the first case
of prison pigeon smuggling.
In September 2016, Colombian prison guards captured a pigeon carrying a mobile phone
and a USB stick.
In 2015, officials at Costa Rica's La Reforma prison captured a pigeon equipped with 14
grams of cocaine and 14 grams of marijuana in a pouch.
Number 2.
On November 4, 2014, a British nurse confessed to smuggling erotic novel Fifty Shades of
Grey to her secret inmate lover.
While working as a substance abuse nurse at HMP Wealstun, Kimberly Hinde fell for Lee
Stephenson.
According to investigators, Hinde would spend extended periods with Stephenson in private
"consultation."
Afterward, she would return looking "flustered."
Prison officials searched Stephenson's cell and discovered correspondence discussing Fifty
Shades of Grey and their relationship as well as a copy of the book.
Hinde initially denied the relationship.
However, she ultimately pled guilty to misconduct in a public office.
The plea was contingent on the fact that the relationship was "overly familiar" but not
sexual.
She was sentenced for nine months, suspended for two years, and given 200 hours of unpaid
work.
The court found that Hinde continued her relationship with Stephenson even after being suspended
and used an alias in correspondence to avoid identification.
Number 1.
In January 2017, a Venezuelan woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle her lover out of
prison in a hot pink suitcase.
Antonieta Robles Saouda, 25, and her six-year-old daughter traveled to Jose Antonio Anzoategui
prison to free Ibrain Jose Vargas Garcia, who was serving 10 years for car theft.
However, the plan was foiled when Saouda struggled to wheel the overstuffed luggage, prompting
guards to search her.
They discovered the 25-year-old convict twisted, doubled over, and contorted into the suitcase
along with his daughter's toys.
Guards promptly arrested Saouda.
Social services took their daughter into temporary custody.
Before Garcia was tossed back in the slammer, guards made him climb back into the suitcase
for photo ops.
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