A Georgia woman has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for distributing synthetic cannabinoids and using the mail to send the drugs into Alabama correctional facilities.
Jinna Candice Moore, 44, of Fairburn, Georgia, was sentenced last week in Montgomery, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama announced Tuesday. Her prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release. The federal system has no parole.
Moore pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to three counts of distribution of a controlled substance and three counts of unlawful use of a communication facility.
The investigation began in July 2024 after the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alabama Department of Corrections discovered packages containing synthetic cannabinoids being mailed into state correctional facilities.
Court records show that investigators traced suspicious shipments to Moore through a Pitney Bowes account used to purchase postage. The account had generated more than 5,400 shipping labels or stamps between 2022 and 2024.
Officials at the Mobile and Monroe county jails met with federal investigators as the investigation began to discuss concerns about drugs entering their facilities on treated paper, the outlet reported. Mobile County sheriff’s investigators had identified repeated shipments associated with the same postage account.
The smuggling method involves applying synthetic drugs to paper that inmates can consume or smoke. The outlet reported that investigators referred to the contraband as “Paper Route,” also called “jail paper” or “strips.”
One shipment to Kilby Correctional Facility contained a paperback by Christian author Max Lucado that had been treated with drugs, the outlet reported.
Court documents and statements made during court proceedings linked several intercepted packages to Moore and her business shipping account. Evidence also showed she distributed synthetic cannabinoids to people outside the prison system.
Investigators also intercepted methamphetamine concealed inside a dog-treat package addressed to a Montgomery home in February 2025, the outlet reported.
The DEA, FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Alabama Department of Corrections investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Turner prosecuted it.
