Gang Members Running Drug Operation In McAlester Prison Sentenced

Two Indian Brotherhood gang members who ran a drug operation from inside the state pen in McAlester, are headed to federal prison for decades.

U.S. prosecutors say Michael Lincoln and Cody McClendon ran their drug network using illegal cell phones.

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They say the men sold drugs inside and outside the prison and recruited a corrections officer, Tim Crocker, to help them.

Crocker is going to prison for three years.

A total of 21 people went to prison on the case.