KANSAS
A former nurse at Leavenworth Detention Center has pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to smuggle contraband into the prison, officials stated.
A federal grand jury also indicted a former correctional officer with a similar scheme.
According to court documents, Jeane Arnette, 61, of Leavenworth, Kansas, previously worked at Leavenworth Detention Center, a privately run, maximum-security federal prison.
Arnette used her position as a nurse to smuggle and attempt to smuggle contraband — including cell phones — into the prison.
Arnette pleaded guilty on last week to conspiracy to provide contraband to inmates of a federal prison. She is scheduled to be sentenced on June 9 and faces up to five years in prison,
According to court documents, James Bunch, 40, of Leavenworth, previously worked at Leavenworth Detention Center as a correctional officer.
Bunch allegedly used his former position to smuggle contraband, including cell phones, into the prison in exchange for bribes from federal inmates.
Bunch was arrested on March 11 and is charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and provide contraband, and bribery. He made his initial appearance this week.
If convicted of both counts, he faces up to 20 years in prison.