Witness Says Guards Ordered Hit (MD)

[MountainLaurel]

The Maryland attorney general's office sought yesterday to block the release of records involving state prison guards who a witness said had a fellow guard killed because he interfered with the distribution of contraband at a maximum-security prison in Jessup.

The action came in response to a motion filed in Anne Arundel Circuit Court by attorneys for Lamarr C. Harris, who with another inmate is charged with first-degree murder in the 2006 stabbing death of Correctional Officer David W. McGuinn.

According to the defense motion, filed Feb. 21, the unidentified witness told state police investigators that two guards " 'ordered' the hit" because McGuinn had "interfered with the conspiracy between officers and inmates to distribute contraband into the House of Correction." The motion seeks misconduct reports and other records involving four guards who the witness said were "corrupt" and part of the contraband conspiracy.

The allegation represents a startling theory in the death of McGuinn, who was known in the prison as "Homeland Security" or simply "Homeland" because of his adherence to rules, a trait that former associates have said caused friction with inmates and some officers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022903633.html

I found this interesting because I remember when this officer was killed, and have a family member who worked in law enforcement who was stabbed because he acted in opposition to departmental corruption.

[flashl]

1. Contraband in a House of Correction is a conspiracy theory.

:sarcasm:

[mac2]

2. I've heard prisons have a lot of drugs but they can't control

it. That seems to be a bad excuse. Did they ever hear of drug testing on a frequent basis? Or even dogs who can smell them out?

[flashl]

3. Population control perhaps. They've removed weighlifting, education grants, libraries, etc.

[mac2]

4. More like profiteering to me.