Prison Official Facilitating Trafficking

Written By Augustus Turner

The plot device of Rose exploiting a guard-managed prison drug trafficking system to escape was inspired by documented allegations that state prison officials are engaged in trafficking of drugs and other contraband (including harvesting the organs of deceased inmates).

•       EJI: Supervisor Arrested for Drug Trafficking After Overdoses at Alabama Prison

•       CNN: Organs Removed from Deceased Alabama Inmates

•       The Guardian: Alabama Prison — Missing Organs

Augustus Turner
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