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Prison Guard Charged With Giving Cell Phone To Inmate In Monmouth County Prison Guard Charged With Giving Cell Phone To Inmate In Monmouth County
Prison Guard Charged With Giving Cell Phone To Inmate In Monmouth County A correctional police officer assigned as a guard at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution has been charged with providing a cell phone to an inmate, authorities said. Latonya C. Johnson, 51, of Piscataway is charged with knowingly providing an electronic communication device to an inmate. An investigation led by the MCPO Professional Responsibility & Bias Crime Bureau and assisted by the MCCI Investigations Division revealed that Johnson brought the cell phone into the jail sometime between May and October 2022, when she and the inmate were allegedly eng…

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by Jon Craig