Woman Charged with Smuggling Drug-Soaked Paper into Cook County Jail

COOK COUNTY, IL - A 27-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with smuggling drug-soaked paper to an individual in custody during their visit at Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.

On April 25, a correctional deputy supervising a visit in Division 10 between Jada Henry and an individual in custody saw her slip something down the back of the individual's uniform when they hugged.

When correctional deputies conducted a pat-down search of the individual, a plastic bag containing paper squares with an orange-colored substance dropped from his shirt.

The papers were sent to the Illinois State Police lab for testing and came back positive for buprenorphine, a synthetic opioid.

Henry, of the 2100 block of West 53rd Place, was taken into custody on Sept. 9, and on the same day, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office charged her with bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution, a Class 1 Felony.

She appeared for her initial hearing on Sept. 10 at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, where she was ordered released from custody pending trial.

Henry is the 39th individual charged in connection with possessing or smuggling drug-soaked paper into the jail this year. The Sheriff's Office will aggressively pursue criminal charges against anyone attempting to introduce these dangerous substances into the jail.

The public is reminded that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the government in a court of law.

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