A 31-year-old Oakfield resident has been accused of smuggling suboxone and heroin into the Genesee County Jail and delivering them to her husband, who is an inmate.
Serena L. Snyder is accused of bringing the narcotics to Cody E. Snyder, 25.
Serena Snyder was allegedly found possession of heroin while at the jail on a visitation to her husband.
The Local Drug Task Force handled the investigation. Agents concluded Serena Snyder had allegedly delivered drugs to her husband on two prior occasions.
Task Force members, along with Deputy Chris Erion and K-9 Destro searched Serena Snyder's car and allegedly found heroin and crack cocaine.
Serena Snyder was charged with attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance, 3rd, criminal sale of a controlled substance, 4th, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, 5th, conspiracy, 4th, promoting prison contraband, 1st, and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, 7th.
Cody Snyder was charged with conspiracy, 4th.
Serena Snyder was arraigned in City Court and released under supervision of Genesee Justice.
Barney Fife let her get away
Barney Fife let her get away with it twice already?
Increase the penalties for
Increase the penalties for smuggling drugs into a County Jail or State Correctional Facility and require mandatory sentences. Go to all non-contact visits and drugs can't be exchanged.
Contact visits are the big
Contact visits are the big problem with drugs getting into prison
You are correct, John.
You are correct, John.
It's probably much safer to use the following method:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HawGrbcJYUA
The wall at the prison you
The wall at the prison you link to is about 35-40 feet in the air at the top. No inmates are on top of the wall, just the officers in towers. To get in the tower yourself or to get anything in after you are up there, you have to have the tower officer lower a rope with a hook. He'll have the key to the tower on it for you. Or you attach whatever you need to the hook and it is pulled up. And the only entrance is on the outside. Now, somebody like you might think that is a way for the officer to smuggle in drugs. But it would be easier to just put them in his/her pocket.
Contact visits are the primary way drugs enter the prison in New York. The second most used way is in packages sent into the inmates. Very rarely are drugs sent through the mail, but it does happen once in awhile.
If you notice, John, I agreed
If you notice, John, I agreed with your first comment. Friends and family members bringing contraband to prisoners/inmates is (probably) the biggest way it's done. And, I would think, guards just walking it (contraband) right through the doors is probably the second biggest way.
As for receiving packages containing contraband through the mail, I would hope packages are thoroughly checked before they reach the inmates.
But, I must say, allowing guards to have packages delivered by lowering a rope to someone outside doesn't strike me as being a very good security measure. Plus, if there's ANY chance of guards having to submit to (even random) searches when entering a jail/prison, or a chance encounter of walking past a "drug-sniffing" K9, the "rope to some dope" would seem to be a way around those measures. Of course, I highly doubt (most) jail/prison personnel are routinely, if ever, checked for contraband.
All employees are subject to
All employees are subject to have their bags and things searched when entering the facility. And there are random full searches at times, but not often enough. Clearly, some employees bring in contraband, but it is not a major source, actually, a very minor one. The State does not allow dogs to be used to check employees or visitors since it might intimidate them. And the State does have a machine (called Eon Scanning) that can detect the presence of drugs on a person at some time, but the employees had to lessen the sensitivity of the machine. If the machine detected drugs, the visitor was not allowed in. So too many were being turned away and somebody in Albany said that was not acceptable.