(Michigan City, IN) - It wasn’t just an ordinary sandwich that a correctional officer at Indiana State Prison allegedly brought into the facility, as marijuana intended for inmates was between the two slices of bread, authorities said.

 

Janise Clark, 38, of South Bend has been charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with Trafficking With an Inmate and Bribery, both Level 5 felonies. According to court documents, while reporting for her shift on Sunday, she had a sandwich wrapped in plastic that looked suspicious to prison staff before being placed into an X-ray machine.

 

The machine detected something unusual about the sandwich. In response, she was ordered to open it and therein were reportedly two vacuum-sealed plastic bags containing nearly a half pound of marijuana.

 

During questioning, Clark allegedly revealed she had “lost count” of how many times she had brought marijuana and tobacco into the prison on Michigan City’s west side. Clark also told investigators she accepted upwards of $20,000 to bring the contraband into the prison over an undisclosed period of time, according to court documents.

 

Investigators at the prison, which can house over 2,400 inmates, are still looking to try and determine all of the people involved in her alleged dealings.

 

Clark is still being held in La Porte County Jail on $15,000 bond. Each count against her carries anywhere from a one to six-year sentence.