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Maximum-security prison is no place for a pot stash, woman finds

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Here’s a tip: When visiting an inmate in prison -- especially one of the most notorious, maximum-security prisons in the United States -- it’s best to leave the drugs at home.

A Louisiana woman was aiming to visit an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary -- known commonly as Angola and sometimes dubbed ‘the Alcatraz of the South’ -- when guards discovered she was carrying a small stash of marijuana in her purse, authorities said.

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The Advocate reports that the St. Tammany Parish woman, Shauntae M. Joseph, now stands accused of smuggling and has been booked on suspicion of introducing contraband into the largest maximum-security prison in the nation. She has been freed after posting $12,000 bail.

Apparently, the guards at Angola are pretty good at sniffing out marijuana. In November, they stopped an employee who was allegedly trying to smuggle in more than a pound of pot.

And it’s not just employees and average Joes who find themselves on the wrong side of such charges: Redmond O’Neal, son of the late Farrah Fawcett and of Ryan O’Neal, was accused of doing the same in Los Angeles a few years back.

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