Former Federal Prison Teacher Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Narcotics

Sunday, August 3, 2025, 8:45 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

ELKINS, W.VA.- A former teacher at the Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer will be facing up to 20 years in federal prison when sentenced later this year, after pleading guilty last Thursday, in connection with smuggling methamphetamine and other contraband items into the prison for an inmate.

     According to Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, Jordyn Peters of Burnsville, West Virginia, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi to one count of Introducing a Prohibited Item, Methamphetamine into Federal Prison.

Peters Will Be Facing Up To 20 Years In Federal Prison

     Following Peters’ guilty plea, Judge Aloi accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for a time and date to be determined by the District Court. When sentenced, Peters faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 20 years in federal prison, at least two years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

     According to charging information and statements made during Thursday’s plea hearing, during a three-month period in 2024, Peters, while working as a teacher at the Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer, located in Glenville, West Virginia, delivered quantities of methamphetamine and other items of contraband to an inmate at the federal correctional institution.

     Acting U.S. Attorney Bernard commended the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, which resulted in the arrest and Peters’ guilty plea on Thursday.