A D.C. corrections officer and two other D.C. residents, one of them incarcerated, have been arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to smuggle prohibited drugs into the D.C. Jail.

The corrections officer, Beverly Williams, has been charged with conspiracy, bribery, and smuggling. Prosecutors allege that she was involved in a “months-long smuggling operation” where she accepted money in exchange for bringing forbidden items, including drugs, into the D.C. Jail so that people detained there could use and distribute them.

Williams’ attorney could not be immediately reached for comment.

Prosecutors also charged Andre Gregory, who is currently incarcerated at D.C.’s Central Detention Facility, and Gregory’s family member Keywaune McLeod with the same offenses. DCist/WAMU could not immediately contact them or determine whether they were represented by attorneys.

An indictment is an accusation; each of the people charged is guaranteed the right to due process.

According to charging documents, a D.C. Corrections investigator and two Metropolitan Police Department investigators executed a search warrant on Williams earlier this month. They found her with tobacco, rolling papers, air freshener spray, Mylar bags “containing a green like substance,” and 25 pills, which turned out later to be acetaminophen (Tylenol) and oxycodone hydrochloride. She was then placed under arrest and charged with the unlawful possession of contraband in a penal institution.

According to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for D.C., which is prosecuting the case, Gregory had a “short-term goal” of making $100,000 from the smuggling scheme.

In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for D.C.’s Department of Corrections said Williams’ arrest was the result of an investigation they conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Washington Field Office.

“The investigation remains active and ongoing,” the spokesperson wrote. “DOC has a zero-tolerance policy regarding the introduction and distribution of contraband into our facilities. The Department remains vigilant in its detection and interception of contraband in its secure environment.”

Williams is not the first corrections officer to be accused of smuggling drugs into the jail. In February, another officer was arrested for allegedly bringing drugs, knives, and cellphones into the jail in exchange for money.

Contraband and drug use have been long standing issues at the D.C. Jail. Last year, a surprise inspection from the U.S. Marshals Service put a spotlight on concerns about drug use in the facility. According to a memo the USMS shared after inspecting the jail, “evidence of drug use was pervasive, and marijuana smoke and odor were widespread.”

In recent months, the D.C. Jail has also been the site of a series of drug overdoses — one of them fatal. In May, Ramone O’Neal died after being found unresponsive in his cell. The city’s medical examiner determined that O’Neal had died of an accidental drug overdose from the combined effects of fentanyl, fluorofentanyl, and xylazine. There were also two additional nonfatal drug overdoses at the D.C. Jail in May, DOC confirmed to DCist/WAMU.

When previously asked about contraband and drug use, a DOC spokesperson told DCist/WAMU that the agency has stepped up its searches for drugs, using K9 units to search the Jail and looking into new technologies it can use to detect illegal substances. The jail has also expanded drug education and started equipping all corrections officers with Naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses, the spokesperson said.

This story was updated with comment from the D.C. Department of Corrections.