London, A female prison officer has been jailed for three years and four months at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday 20 October after being caught trying to smuggle cannabis into the prison where she worked.
Tiana Duncan, 26 of Capel Road in Newham, a prison officer at HMP Thameside, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a class B drug (cannabis) on 2 September.
On 17 April Duncan was detained after a staff search at the prison and found to be in possession of over 220g of cannabis secreted under her clothing.
DC Scott Pavitt, the officer in the case for the Met’s London Prison Anti-Corruption Team, said:
“Drugs have a huge impact on our prisons, affecting the behaviour of prisoners and increasingly the likelihood of violence and disorder. As a prison officer, Duncan was in a position of authority and has underminded the hard work of her colleagues by attempting to bring in an illegal drug into the prison.”
