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An epidemic of opioid addiction in New Orleans has ignited an underground market inside the Orleans Parish jail for Suboxone, a drug used for treatment, according to court records related to the arrests of four jail deputies booked last year for spiriting the drug inside.
A former Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office recruit was sentenced on charges related to smuggling contraband into the Orleans Justice Center.
A former Orleans Parish jail guard is required to serve three years of active probation for smuggling drugs into the facility in June, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
A former Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office recruit was sentenced for smuggling contraband into the Orleans Justice Center after pleading guilty on Thursday, Nov. 9.