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Chapter 1
‘Like The Walking Dead’: Smuggled Drugs Fuel Chaos Inside Ohio Prisons
K2 use is soaring behind bars, causing unpredictable behavior, violence and death. So, why can’t prison officials stop the flow of the drug?
Chapter 2
Prison Workers Smuggle Drugs Into Ohio Facilities But Are Rarely Prosecuted
Guards and other employees bring in drugs that fuel a multimillion-dollar prison economy, leading to chaos, violence and death.
Chapter 3
Meet The Drone Pilot Who Flooded Ohio Prisons With Drugs
Now he has an insider’s view of the havoc drug smuggling is unleashing behind bars.
Chapter 4
‘My Big Mistake’: How a Former Corrections Officer Became a Prison Drug Smuggler
In a common story of targeted coercion behind bars, Barbara Devine was fed up and quitting her prison job when incarcerated drug dealers pounced.
CREDITS
This story was produced in collaboration by The Marshall Project - Cleveland, The Columbus Dispatch, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository.
REPORTING
Doug Livingston/The Marshall Project
Laura A. Bischoff/USA Today Network Ohio
VISUAL REPORTING
Phil Didion/The Cincinnati Enquirer
Frank Bowen IV/The Cincinnati Enquirer
Mike Nygeres/The Cincinnati Enquirer
Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch
Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch
Andrew Dolph/Akron Beacon Journal
DATA ANALYSIS REVIEW
Aaron Sankin/The Marshall Project
Jill Castellano/The Marshall Project
EDITING
Anthony Shoemaker/USA Today Network Ohio
Jennifer Peter/The Marshall Project
Phil Trexler/The Marshall Project
Paul D’Ambrosio/The Marshall Project
Jackie Borchardt/The Cincinnati Enquirer
VISUAL EDITING
Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer
Celina Fang/The Marshall Project
DIGITAL PRESENTATION
Andrea Brunty/USA Today Network
Celina Fang/The Marshall Project
SOCIAL MEDIA
Keely Brown/The Cincinnati Enquirer
Andrea Brunty/USA Today Network
Brandon Wall/The Marshall Project
PRINT DESIGN
Jason Bredehoeft/USA Today Network