AMITE — A corrections deputy at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail in Amite is facing charges after allegedly selling and providing illegal items to inmates.
Tajah Phillips, 21, is being charged with introducing contraband in a correctional facility and malfeasance in office.
According to Tangipahoa Sheriff’s officials, she had been a TPSO Corrections employee since June of this year but was terminated on Aug. 27 by Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker and placed under arrest.
“One of the main focal points of my administration has been the jail– not only its security but its functionality and operations. Success in all of these elements centers around the people who work there,” said Sticker, “In the midst of us actively elevating the professional development, standards, and expectations of our corrections deputies with certified training, we have this abuse of position happening. The habits of the past have no place in this culture change we are establishing at TPSO.”
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