ALABAMA PRISON SWEEP

The Alabama Department of Corrections and more than 300 officials from local, county and state law enforcement agencies, conducted an operation to remove illegal contraband from the G.K. Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. 621 homemade weapons, 51 contraband cellphones, 240 grams of synthetic drugs, and seven gallons of an alcoholic beverage were discovered. The agencies completed a full sweep of the prison, including dorms that house more than 1,230 inmates and took 10-hours.

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