A former correctional officer at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island has been sentenced to federal prison for smuggling controlled substances into the facility.
According to prosecutors, Kaii Almeida-Falcones, 30, of Smithfield, smuggled controlled substances into the facility in mid-February 2021. Two inmates housed at the Wyatt Detention Center communicated with a former detainee and another person outside of the facility to arrange to provide the controlled substance to Almeida-Falcones.
A strip search of a detainee on February 15, 2021, revealed a package containing the drugs smuggled by Almeida-Falcones, which were confirmed to be controlled substances by subsequent lab testing. Additional controlled substances smuggled into the facility were found in the cell of another detainee, concealed inside a pillowcase.
Almeida-Falcones was seen on Wyatt Detention security video entering each of the detainees’ cells the evening before. The former correctional officer pleaded guilty on June 10, 2024, to the charge of providing contraband to an inmate.
On November 14, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith sentenced Almeida-Falcones to six months of incarceration in federal prison to be followed by twenty-four months of federal supervised release – the first six months to be served on home confinement.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ly T. Chin. The matter was investigated by the FBI, the United States Marshals Service, the U.S. Office of Inspector General, and the Professional Standards Unit at the Wyatt Detention Center.
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Key Facts
- State: Rhode Island
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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