DOJ Announces Wyatt Detention Center Drug-Smuggling Scheme

(Central Falls, RI) -- The U.S. Justice Department says five people have been charged in a contraband scheme at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls. A correctional officer at the facility and two inmates are accused of smuggling the opioid withdrawal medication Suboxone. Prosecutors say a former detainee who was released after claiming he was at heightened risk to contract COVID was also part of the scheme.

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