In a twist absolutely no one had on their bingo card (except maybe the inmates), a Lubbock County grand jury has indicted a medical employee for smuggling drugs into the Lubbock County Detention Center. Yes, the same place that already struggles to keep contraband out somehow had it brought in by someone whose literal job is to manage medication responsibly.
According to court documents, Tracy Damron was caught during a routine bag check back in March 2024 with several bags of medication neatly sorted into the same small envelopes used to dispense inmate meds. Very subtle. One of the drugs was Clonazepam, a controlled substance—also known as the kind of thing correctional facilities are extremely serious about not having float around unlogged.
Medical staff are required to log every dose given to inmates, which makes this whole situation extra awkward. Possession of a controlled substance inside a correctional facility is a third-degree felony in Texas, because apparently the state prefers its jailhouse drugs to stay strictly hypothetical.
If convicted, Damron could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Which is a steep price to pay for turning your workplace into the world’s least subtle pharmacy side hustle.
When the jail’s drug problem is coming from the people assigned to prevent it, maybe it’s time to ask: who’s checking the bag checkers?