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Former prison officer Hugh James has been sentenced to two months in jail for smuggling drugs into the prison. <\/p>

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Despite admitting to the offense, mitigating factors such as his clean record and guilty plea led to a lighter sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He worked at the prison for over a decade.<\/p>

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James was caught when a gate guard detected the drugs.<\/p>

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