{"id":46755,"date":"2019-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duplicate-3504444.findlaw4.flsitebuilder.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/tennessee-woman-accused-of-trying-to-smuggle-drugs-into-prison\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:28:42","slug":"tennessee-woman-accused-of-trying-to-smuggle-drugs-into-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/blog\/2019\/03\/tennessee-woman-accused-of-trying-to-smuggle-drugs-into-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee woman accused of trying to smuggle drugs into prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you drive about 200 miles northwest of Chattanooga, you will arrive in Only, Tennessee. There are not a lot of fancy restaurants or clubs in the town of just over 2,000 residents, but they do have the Turney Center Industrial Complex, a medium level security prison.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent news report, a Department of Children&rsquo;s Services worker was arrested and accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the facility. She has been <a href=\"\/criminal-defense\/drug-crimes\/\">charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver<\/a> and felony introduction of narcotics into a penal facility.<\/p>\n<p>According to the&nbsp;Department of Corrections, the Turney prison houses mainly inmates who are required to perform community services. Among their tasks: providing labor to state and local government entities in surrounding counties, as well as labor to non-profit organizations in the area. Many of the prison&rsquo;s programs are devoted to helping inmates acquire life skills, education and drug treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old DCS employee was a case manager who worked with families that have children at risk of winding up behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/crime-tracker\/former-dcs-worker-arrested-for-allegedly-sneaking-drugs-into-tn-prison\/1826677681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">She is accused<\/a> by officials of trying to smuggle into the facility 75 suboxone strips. The prescription medication is used in opioid addiction treatment. She was reportedly searched as part of a proactive effort to curb substance use at Turney.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Department of Corrections officials said officers found the strips on her person. She was later fired for failing to comply with DCS regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Those facing drug-related allegations should decline to speak to investigators or prosecutors until they have spoken with a Chattanooga law firm experienced in protecting rights and freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you drive about 200 miles northwest of Chattanooga, you will arrive in Only, Tennessee. There are not a lot of fancy restaurants or clubs in the town of just over 2,000 residents, but they do have the Turney Center Industrial Complex, a medium level security prison. According to a recent news report, a Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-crimes"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}