A Lehighton woman admitted in Carbon County court on Friday to ingesting illegal substances at the county prison.

Jennifer Lynn Steigerwalt, 33, pleaded guilty before Judge Joseph J. Matika to one count of possession of a controlled substance - contraband in the prison.Nesquehoning police filed the charges after an incident on Feb. 25, 2015.Police were called to the prison by corrections officers after they observed several of the female inmates acting strangely.Through the investigation police learned that Jacqueline Homschek, 24, had supplied drugs to several of the female inmates.Homschek admitted giving the drugs to inmates Shaina Haas, Tiffany J. Scott and Steigerwalt.Homschek brought heroin and suboxone strips into the prison. She got the drugs at the office of District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford.She was at his office on other drug charges for a hearing when she found the drugs hidden in the bathroom area, allegedly placed there by her boyfriend Dylan Rahmann, 24, of Saylorsburg. He was charged with drug counts in the case.Steigerwalt is currently in the county prison on a probation violation.Matika deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.Steigerwalt told Matika she is attempting to enter the Salvation Army's inpatient drug rehabilitation program.