with others throughout the state. they are designed to allow contact between most inmates and visitors, something that is growing increasingly rare in jails located in other states. this is the way the state runs it, and officers will argue until we faint about having this because this is where so much contraband comes in i bet you than any other jail they will tell you they don t have the contraband problems that jails like this have but can t change that, so we have to deal with the card we re dealt. recently, barney sangimno and his girlfriend was caught trying to allegedly smuggle marijuana, heroin and tobacco into the jail. but this is not the only entry point for contraband. many inmates are hiding weapons or drugs when they are booked into the jail. most are discovered but one of suffolk county proficient smugglers recently returned to
hawk and he s got nothing. are these inmates telling me that so i get rid of him? they know i m taking, it s a big circle. are they telling me that so i take attention off of them? are they getting it in? it s a game. it s a cat and mouse game. not every tip comes up empty. a few weeks later at the riverhead jail, officers receive another tip, much to the dismay of one inmate. i feel like a real piece of [ bleep ]. i really feel like a piece of [ bleep ] right now. i should have known not to do it today. today was just not the day. barney was recently convicted of possession of stolen property. at the time, he was out on parole for burglary. two hours ago, he had a visit from his girlfriend. it ended in her arrest. i met my girlfriend six months prior to coming in here and it s rough in here. you don t get to smoke like you used to back in the day so i kind of basically asked her to bring me tobacco and stuff.
out on the eastern end of long island, the two suffolk county jail facilities share something in common with others throughout the state. they are designed to allow contact between most inmates and visitors, something that is growing increasingly rare in jails located in other states. this is the way the state runs it, and officers will argue until we faint about having this because this is where so much contraband comes in i bet you than any other jail they will tell you they don t have the contraband problems that jails like this have but can t change that, so we have to deal with the cards we re dealt. recently, barney sangimno and his girlfriend was caught trying to smuggle marijuana, heroin and tobacco into the jail. visitation is not the only entry point for contraband. many inmates are hiding weapons or drugs when they are booked into the jail. most are discovered but one of
she ll be arraigned tomorrow morning and if she can t make bail, she ll be brought into the jail. she s getting hit with three or four or maybe five felony charges. felony, absolutely. absolutely it is. i m going to have to take the weight for her and hopefully that works that way. i don t know how that will work. i ll tell her i forced her to bring it up or threatened her to bring it up or something to get it off of her. she don t need a felony. she don t have any. why would i want to give her one now at 49 years old? coming up. go ahead, tell us what happened. says it was in my position. barney defends himself. and. he kept telling me he wanted to do robberies. i kept telling him no. accused of 15 holdups, a young man and his ex fiancee face daunting consequence.
would you bring me heroin or cocaine, they don t do that. they have others make it and trust the boyfriend and brings it in thinking it was tobacco whether it was heroin or xanax. she ll be arraigned tomorrow morning and if she can t make bail, she ll be brought into the jail. she s getting hit with three or four or maybe five felony charges. felony, absolutely. absolutely it is. i m going to have to take the weight for her and hopefully that works that way. i don t know how that will work. i ll tell them i forced her to bring it up or threatened her to bring it up or something to get it off of her. she don t need a felony. she don t have any. why would i want to give her one now at 49 years old? coming up. go ahead, tell us what happened. says it was in my possession. it was never in my possession. barney defends himself. and. he kept telling me he wanted to do robberies. i kept telling him no. accused of 15 holdups, a