Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections says a former correctional officer conspired with inmates to bring contraband into a Spartanburg County prison in exchange for money.
Cody Allen Masters is charged with furnishing or attempting to furnish a prisoner with contraband, violation of the state ethics law, misconduct in office and criminal conspiracy.
Officials say Masters concealed half-pound bags of tobacco inside his protective vest to give to an inmate, receiving $200 each time. He also made a copy of one of the prison's keys for an inmate, according to arrest warrants.
Masters began working as a correctional officer at Tyger River Correctional Institution on September 18, 2017, and was arrested on May 25.