CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joanna Masias, of Cicero, Illinois, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for attempting to smuggle suboxone into FCI Gilmer in Glenville, West Virginia, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Masias, 37, pled guilty in January 2021 to one count of “Attempt to Introduce a Prohibited Object (Narcotic)." Masias admitted to working with two inmates at the facility to attempt to smuggle suboxone into FCI Gilmer in April 2019.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher L. Bauer prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Prisons Special Investigative Services investigated.
U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
