Crime

Golden Grove Breached Twice In One Week; Contraband Enter Facility

ST. CROIX -- In November, two female corrections officers were arrested for their attempts to smuggle prison contraband, including drugs, into the Golden Grove Correctional Facility. In announcing the first arrest, made on Friday, November 11, Bureau of Corrections Director Rick Mullgrav said the arrest was a result of beefed up security at the prison. The second arrest was made on November 20, less than two weeks following the first attempt. Bureau of Corrections sources with intimate knowledge of the incidents said there was more to the situation than what is being reported, as it makes little sense, according to these sources -- who requested anonymity to freely speak on the matter -- that two women would risk their jobs and freedom in the span of two weeks, by smuggling contraband into the prison for the same inmate. This inmate, housed in the detention facility, is apparently feared by many -- even corrections officers, according to the sources. On November 24, just four days foll...