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Betsey Wright in Arkansas

By Steve Hall

"Ex-Clinton aide named in prison smuggling case," is the title of the AP report by Jon Gambrell.A former chief of staff for Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas faces felony charges accusing her of trying to smuggle a knife and 48 tattoo needles onto the state's death row.The charges against Betsey Wright come as The Associated Press obtained documents showing a death-row inmate allegedly passed love letters and contraband to a guard with whom he committed a sex act. Combined, the events represent just the latest in a series of high-profile incidents at the state prison system, ranging from two convicted murderers escaping in guard uniforms to a man being shot to death at a contraband checkpoint.Wright, a longtime visitor to death row at the state's Varner Unit, was detained May 22 after a guard noticed a small knife and a box cutter attached to her key chain, said prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 14, 2009 (boomark / email).