Two Orleans Correctional Officers Arrested
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David Lundin, 56 of Albion, and Lee Salmon, 41 of Wolcottsville, work at the Orleans Correctional Facility in Albion. Police say they seized prescription drugs, one pound of marijuana, cash, a handgun, digital scales and other drug paraphernalia after executing a search warrant at an Albion apartment.
Both men were arraigned and committed to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of bail. Salmon and Lundin are due back in court on April 6.
Further arrests and charges are pending.
Much of the contraband introduced to inmates is by Correctional personnel. Quite often correctional personnel steal inmate property, from their food packages brought in by family members or simply pop a cell of an "unpopular" inmate and let porters or other inmates take property as further punishment. Cigarettes are a valuable and highly traded commodity in prison by both correction personnel and inmates alike. The general public tends to see no problem with this after all they are in prison. The problem is if theft itself can land you in jail, then why is it okay for state workers to steal from inmates? After all, most inmate property that is stolen is paid for by family and friends supporting them while in prison, so the theft is against them rather than the inmate. And over a course of a year's time of stealing a little here, a little there, what does that property value amount to? People are sent to prison as punishment, not sent for punishment.
They put high walls and security fences around prisons to keep prisoners inside. It also serves as a barrier to keep the public from seeing the corruption that occurs behind those walls as well.
Posted at: 04/05/2010 11:22 AM
Two local corrections officers have been arrested after a seven-month investigation. They are accused of selling prescription drugs and marijuana.David Lundin, 56 of Albion, and Lee Salmon, 41 of Wolcottsville, work at the Orleans Correctional Facility in Albion. Police say they seized prescription drugs, one pound of marijuana, cash, a handgun, digital scales and other drug paraphernalia after executing a search warrant at an Albion apartment.
Both men were arraigned and committed to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of bail. Salmon and Lundin are due back in court on April 6.
Further arrests and charges are pending.
Much of the contraband introduced to inmates is by Correctional personnel. Quite often correctional personnel steal inmate property, from their food packages brought in by family members or simply pop a cell of an "unpopular" inmate and let porters or other inmates take property as further punishment. Cigarettes are a valuable and highly traded commodity in prison by both correction personnel and inmates alike. The general public tends to see no problem with this after all they are in prison. The problem is if theft itself can land you in jail, then why is it okay for state workers to steal from inmates? After all, most inmate property that is stolen is paid for by family and friends supporting them while in prison, so the theft is against them rather than the inmate. And over a course of a year's time of stealing a little here, a little there, what does that property value amount to? People are sent to prison as punishment, not sent for punishment.
They put high walls and security fences around prisons to keep prisoners inside. It also serves as a barrier to keep the public from seeing the corruption that occurs behind those walls as well.
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