It's been a particularly rough week for guards at Rikers Island. In the past few days, corrections officers have been accused of sleeping on the job and possibly sleeping with inmates. Now a Rikers Island guard has been busted trying to smuggle drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes to prisoners in exchange for cash, according to the Post.
Teneya Griffith, 25, was arrested for trying to sneak three "zip" sandwich bags holding 2 ounces of marijuana, three water bottles filled with vodka, tobacco, and a few cigarettes into the prison on Thursday. "When they handcuffed her and escorted her out of the building, several officers began clapping," a jail source told the tabloid. "Officers snitched on her. They had concerns that she was compromised." Prosecutors allege that Griffith had agreed to split the contraband between two inmates for $400 and $500, respectively.
Griffith allegedly told cops: "I know I shouldn't have done it. This is poor judgment." She was fired from her $57,757-a-year job and faces a first degree felony charge of promoting prison contraband that is punishable by up to seven years behind bars, as well as misdemeanor charges of promoting prison contraband, marijuana possession and official misconduct. Her grandmother, Joan Griffith, was "shocked" by the allegations: "I can't see her doing something like that. She's a good person."
