TRENTON -- A former state corrections officer is accused of selling marijuana to inmates at one of New Jersey's youth correctional facilities, authorities said.

Jaquae Hollingshead, a senior officer at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Chesterfield, was indicted Tuesday on official misconduct and drug charges, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice.

Hollingshead, 24, was suspended from his position after an internal investigation found he was smuggling marijuana and tobacco into the prison in exchange for cash bribes from the inmates' friends and family on the outside, authorities said.

He was fired in March, authorities said.

State officials claim the inmates used a cell phone to coordinate the smuggling and sales with the officer.

In a statement announcing the charges, Attorney General Christopher Porrino said the officer "compromised safety by smuggling contraband, including drugs, into a youth correctional facility."

Public records show Hollingshead, a Southampton resident, has worked for the Department of Corrections since 2012 and made an annual salary of $48,559. His listed attorney did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

State Corrections Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan said Tuesday that the "overwhelming majority" of corrections workers were "hard-working and honest."

"However, a corrupt employee can undermine the integrity of the entire criminal justice system," he said. "Every member of our staff knows that if he or she acts in an unlawful manner, then he or she should not be working for the NJDOC and is subject to the legal ramifications of that behavior."

The indictment was handed up to Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson in Mercer County, who assigned the case to Burlington County. An arraignment had not yet been scheduled.

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