A female prisoner officer has been put behind bars after being caught trying to smuggle cannabis into Thameside prison.

Tiana Duncan, 26, of Capel Road, Newham, was handed a jail sentence of three years and four months at Southwark Crown Court yesterday (October 20).

Duncan worked at HMP Thameside, a category B men's prison located next to Belmarsh and Isis prisons in Thamesmead.

On April 17, Duncan was detained after a staff search at the prison and found to be in possession of over 220g of cannabis secreted under her clothing.

She pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a class B drug (cannabis) on September 2.

DC Scott Pavitt from the Met's London Prison Anti-Corruption Team said: "Drugs have a huge impact on our prisons, affecting the behaviour of prisoners and increasingly the likelihood of violence and disorder.

"As a prison officer, Duncan was in a position of authority and has undermined the hard work of her colleagues by attempting to bring in an illegal drug into the prison."

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