A high-ranking member of the prison-based Ghostface Gangsters gang and two associates have pleaded guilty to charges of methamphetamine trafficking, officials said. Donald Jason Miles, known as "Crash," along with Warren Frederick Courts and Keeli Nycole Wallace, entered their pleas in a federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia .

Miles is currently serving time at Valdosta State Prison, while Courts is incarcerated at Rutledge State Prison. Both men are convicted felons with prior charges relating to drug distribution and are now facing a minimum sentence of ten years and up to life in prison for their roles in the drug trafficking operation that was conducted from behind prison walls. Wallace has also pleaded guilty to her part in the scheme and is awaiting sentencing.

Undercover agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) executed a drug bust at a Motel 6 in Albany, which was part of a broader investigation into the gang's drug activities. It was revealed that Courts had organized a drug deal from his prison cell and hired Wallace as a courier. This operation was uncovered when agents arrested Wallace with approximately 1,400 grams of methamphetamine in her possession.

Investigators were able to link the prison cell-operated drug ring to a larger supply chain connected to a Mexican source near Atlanta. Messages recovered from contraband mobile phones found in the inmates' cells showed that Wallace was among several couriers used to further a substantial methamphetamine distribution network. The overall conspiracy involved the trafficking of at least 50 kilograms of meth over just two months.

"Ghostface Gangsters Jason Miles and Warren Courts were directing the distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine from two state prisons into Southwest Georgia, a dangerous conspiracy that put many people at risk," said U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary, which can impact community safety in a profound way. In his remarks, DEA Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division Robert J. Murphy stated, "This career criminal continued his drug trafficking activities despite being incarcerated, demonstrating his complete and wanton disregard for the safety of our community," as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office .

With no parole in the federal system, the defendants' upcoming sentencing will determine how long they will remain behind bars, extending their already extensive prison sentences. This case marks a significant crackdown on drug trafficking operations run by incarcerated gang members in Georgia.