US Attorney Twenty Defendants Indicted on Federal Racketeering and Related Charges at Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup

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Press Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

A federal grand jury has indicted 20 defendants on federal racketeering and related charges at the Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup (MCIJ), including correctional officers, employees, contractors, inmates, and outside “facilitators,” for allegedly paying bribes to correctional officers and other staff members to smuggle contraband, including narcotics, unauthorized flash drives, tobacco, and cell phones into the prison. The indictment was returned on March 28, 2019, and made public today upon the arrest of the defendants.

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