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Federal inmate sentenced for contraband at Yazoo prison

YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for possession of contraband within the prison facility.

According to court documents, Frederick Joshua Scott, 36, was found in possession of 15 individually wrapped packages of methamphetamine while he was being held at the Yazoo Federal Correctional Institute.

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Scott pled guilty on November 8, 2024. In delivering the sentence, the court ordered that the 16-month sentence for the instant offense run consecutive to the 180-month sentence Scott was already serving for his previous 2014 federal conviction for felon in possession of a firearm in Florida.

Frederick Joshua Scott (Courtesy: Madison County Detention Center)

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons investigated the case.

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