The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mario Madrigal, 29, an inmate at Federal Correctional Institute- Schuylkill, Minersville, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito Jr., to 10 days’ imprisonment for possessing a prohibited item.

According to U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus, Madrigal had a Samsung cellphone on Sept. 4, 2021, within the FCI-Schuylkill facility. Federal law prohibits inmates from possessing cellphones due to the institutional security risks posed by their use.

Saporito also ordered that his sentence be served after completion of the 24-month sentence Madrigal is currently serving for violations of the Controlled Substances Act.

The matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Buchanan prosecuted the case.