Search Finds Tobacco, no Guns

Source from:  Associated Press - October 30, 2007 RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) 10/31/2007

Last week's lock down and search at the Wyoming Honor Farm turned up tobacco products but no weapons. On Oct. 22, prison officials received an anonymous note from an inmate that said there was a plan to smuggle two small handguns into the minimum-security prison at Riverton. Associate Warden Tony Thornton says the prison was immediately shut down and officials began interviewing all inmates and searching their rooms as well as other buildings. Thornton says the 4-day search found contraband, including tobacco products, but no weapons. One inmate also possessed a liquid he apparently was trying to ferment into alcohol. There are about 220 inmates at the facility. Enditem