Woman Sentenced To 10-Years In Prison For Hiding A Gun In Her Vagina And Smuggling It Into A Jail

April 29. 2021

Amy Wilhite (pictured left) has been sentenced to 10-years behind bars for smuggling hand gun (pictured right) into prison

39-year-old convicted felon, Amy Wilhite, has been sentenced to 10-years in prison for smuggling a loaded handgun into a Missouri jail. Wilhite was arrested on a felony drug and weapons charge, then taken to the Boone County jail in Columbia, Missouri in February of this year.

Police did an initial body search but missed the loaded handgun, as Wilhite had it stashed away in her vagina. Wilhite, who had done time behind bars before in separate incidents, removed the gun from her vagina once she was booked into jail and in her cell. Authorities later found the gun with five bullets in Wilhite's cell.

The ironically titled website, the Smoking Gun, pardon the pun, reported on the incident, "During questioning at the jail, Wilhite admitted possessing the firearm, but claimed 'she was only holding it for another female detainee.' But fellow inmates in Wilhite’s housing unit 'all stated Amy was in possession of the firearm,” an investigator reported.'"

The Smoking Gun further reported, "In addition to copping to the gun smuggling charge, Wilhite pleaded guilty on April 19 to the felony drug and weapons counts for which she was originally arrested. She was ordered to serve five years on each conviction, with the sentences to run concurrently with the 10-year prison term."

Apparently, smuggling a gun into jails and prisons via one's vagina has become a thing in some states. The Smoking Gun website also stated other women in U.S. states such as, "Tennessee, Illinois, and Oklahoma have also been convicted of trying to enter a jail with a gun in their vagina."

This is highly inadvisable. If the gun goes off while in the vagina it can lead to incontinence, infertility or even death. It is a sad statement about how dangerous jails and prisons have become that inmates want guns to protect themselves.

People have been assaulted, battered, raped, maimed and even killed behind bars. Just because someone is behind bars does not mean they deserve to be abused or killed. Prison safety must improve. It should be a government priority.

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Inmate Who Hid Gun In Vagina Gets 10 Years

Weapon only found 17 days after Missouri woman was locked up

APRIL 28--A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling a loaded gun that was hidden in her vagina into a county jail, court records show. During a Circuit Court hearing last week, Amy Wilhite, 39, copped to a felony indictment charging her with “delivery or concealment” of the weapon, a small .22 caliber revolver that was fully loaded with five rounds.

In a plea deal, Wilhite, seen at right, was sentenced to serve a decade in the custody of the Missouri Department Of Corrections. She is currently being held at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, a state intake facility...

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