Robert Johnson (prison officer)

Robert Johnson (born 1953) is a retired South Carolina Department of Corrections Captain and United States Air Force veteran.[2][3][4] He was a guard at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina, where he oversaw efforts to stop contraband cellphones and drugs.[5]

Robert Johnson
Born1953 (age 6768)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationConsultant

Lee Correctional Institution incident

On the morning of March 5, 2010, Johnson was the victim of a hit orchestrated by criminals within Lee Correctional Institution. That morning, a gunman broke into Johnson's home and shot him six times with a .38 caliber revolver in the stomach and chest before leaving him for dead. Johnson's wife, Mary, was home but uninjured.[4]

Johnson was targeted by prisoners at the facility as retaliation for stopping contraband items such as drugs and cell phones from entering the prison.[6][7] Following the shooting, Johnson began advocating for cell phone blocking technology in prisons around the country.[8] In 2014, Sean Echols was charged for his role in the attempted murder.[4]

Advocacy

In 2017, Johnson testified before the Federal Communications Commission prior to their vote approving the streamlining of processes required use technology to block and detect contraband phones in prisons.[9]

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