Six current and former correction officers, along with 15 other people, have been charged with conspiring to bring marijuana and other contraband into Rikers Island facilities, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District said.
The scheme also involved five inmates and visitors, who arranged for the marijuana and some synthetic cannabinoid to be snuck into the George R. Vierno Center and the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers by bribing the COs to the tune of thousands of dollars, Federal officials said.
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