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Man jailed for allegedly breaking into prison

West Gate Correctional facility

A man has been jailed after being charged with breaking in to prison.Tyevin Bean, of Sandys, denied being in Westgate Correctional Facility without lawful excuse when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.The 22-year-old, who was on probation at the time, was also charged with smuggling cell phones, and other contraband, into the prison on Tuesday.Bean denied trying to throw a package containg five BlackBerry cell phones, a bottle of white rum, three bottles of dark rum, six packages of Sampson tobacco, one package of loose tobacco, two lighters, two packs of Rizla papers, a pocket knife, two packages of protein powder and three packages of candies into the maximum security facility.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner remanded him into custody, and set a trial date of June 6.