It’s then dried, making it appear to be a legitimate book, letter or greeting card. The paper is typically soaked with K2, a synthetic cannabinoid, or Suboxone, a treatment for opioid addiction that can be addictive in its own right. A lawyer who represented him at the Fulton County hearing, Larry Fouche of Macon, declined to comment for this story because he said Melvin did not actually retain him.Īcross the country, prisons have been forced to deal with employees, historically poorly paid, bringing in drugs for inmates and using paper products to do it. Melvin did not respond to multiple messages from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Joan Heath, the chief spokesperson for the GDC, said in an emailed statement that the department fired Melvin after his arrest and turned the matter over to the local district attorney. Holmes’ arrest drew the attention of Fulton prosecutors because she is serving a 15-year sentence for her role in a 2018 gang-related shooting in Atlanta that left the victim paralyzed from the waist down. The gang charge apparently stems from her role with the Bloods, the gang most often cited for the mayhem that has upended life at the Hawkinsville facility this year. Those charges include conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent as well as conspiracy to participate in criminal gang activity. Holmes has been charged in Pulaski County with multiple offenses for her alleged role in the smuggling. His testimony in Fulton County added significant details about his alleged misconduct, but his statements can’t be used against him because he testified under a grant of immunity from Judge Melynee Leftridge at a June hearing in which prosecutors sought to revoke Holmes’ status as a first offender. Melvin has since been charged with four offenses in Pulaski County, including crossing the prison’s guard line with weapons, intoxicants or drugs. Confronted by authorities, he immediately said the cards and other items were for Holmes. Melvin, 25, was fired April 29, a day after he was discovered trying to enter the prison with 10 blank greeting cards and other types of contraband. Harris also is pushing for inmates whose sentences end in the next 180 days to be released, whether they were in on a violent conviction or not.That job gave him unsupervised access to prisoners, and he testified that he had sexual contact with the inmate who allegedly received the contraband, 23-year-old Selena Holmes, as well as with at least six others. “There is no reason to keep these people in custody given this level of danger,” Harris said Tuesday. Harris, who has enlisted help from members of the Facebook group “Inmate Support Georgia,” said he’s motivated by the fact that 800 of the people in the centers are over 50, and some suffer from diseases and conditions that make them more vulnerable. John Harris, a South Georgia paralegal, has spent recent days lobbying the parole board, legislators and prison officials to support releases from the transitional centers. More than 2,000 people are incarcerated in the centers across the state. At the centers, inmates have more freedom than more because are taken to and from work at private businesses everyday as they prepare for release. Others, including the Southern Center for Human Rights, are calling for the board to release people housed at the Department of Corrections’ transitional centers. “Local officials should release persons being held awaiting trial, simply because they are unable to afford bail,” Young said.
The nonprofit’s executive director Andrea Young said she hoped other officials would take the board’s example.
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