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Former MDOC correctional officers sentenced for smuggling drugs into prison

By Kaitlin Howell Sep 24, 2026 | 11:29 AM

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. Bramlett, Jr., announced that two former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) correctional officers were sentenced for smuggling drugs into a prison. According to Bramlett, Somalia Moneisha Funchess, 30, of Magee; and Somalia Moneisha Funchess, 26, of Carthage; were both sentenced to serve […]