United States v. Russell Carrington

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PAMELA HARRIS, Circuit Judge:

For a number of years, the Black Guer-illa Family (“BGF”), a prison and street gang, ran a criminal enterprise inside the Baltimore City Detention Center. With the help of complicit correctional officers and other Detention Center employees, BGF inmates were able to smuggle narcotics, cell phones, and other contraband into the facility, and to use their dominant position to control other inmates and to support gang members on the outside. Ultimately, a grand jury indicted a group of BGF members and…