On September 30, 2025, Matthew Pizarro, a former detainee at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center, a United States Marshals Service (USMS) contract facility in Rhode Island, was sentenced in the District of Rhode Island to 60 months imprisonment and 3 years federal supervised probation after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute suboxone and marijuana, one count of distribution of suboxone, and one count of possession of contraband by an inmate. According to the factual statement in support of the guilty plea, from on or about January 30, 2021, to on or about February 15, 2021, Pizarro conspired with others to arrange for the delivery and distribution of approximately 201 suboxone strips containing buprenorphine and 4.5 grams of marijuana within the Wyatt Detention Center. The investigation was conducted by the OIG’s Boston Office, the FBI, and the USMS, with assistance provided by the Professional Standards Unit at the Wyatt Detention Center.
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