Defendant illegally provided Suboxone to two inmates
BOSTON – A nurse at the Department of Correction’s
Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center (MASAC) in Plymouth, was
sentenced today for distributing Suboxone strips to inmates in the facility.
Julie A. Inglis-Somers, 40, of Kingston, Mass., was sentenced
by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to time served (11 days) and three
years of supervised release with the first three months to be served in home
detention. Additionally, Inglis-Somers is prohibited from seeking reinstatement
of her nursing license.
In June 2019, Inglis-Somers pleaded guilty to providing
Suboxone to two inmates at MASAC on multiple occasions in November and December
2018. Suboxone, a Class III controlled substance used to treat heroin
addiction, is sometimes misused to get high. Suboxone is a coveted contraband
in prisons across the nation and is particularly popular in New England. In December 2018, Inglis-Somers was charged
by criminal complaint and arrested in Jacksonville, Fla. after fleeing
Massachusetts.
MASAC is one of five facilities in Massachusetts where,
under Massachusetts General Laws, a state court judge can send a person who the
judge determines to be a danger to self or others due to substance abuse. MASAC
is the only such facility overseen by the Massachusetts Department of
Corrections.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Joseph R.
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Division; and Commissioner Carol Mici of the Massachusetts
Department of Correction made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugenia
M. Carris of Lelling’s Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit
prosecuted the case.
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