Ex-San Quentin guard sentenced to 20 months for cellphone smuggling conspiracy involving gang members on death row

SAN FRANCISCO — A former San Quentin corrections officer was given 20 months in federal prison for smuggling 25 cellphones to a prisoner on death row, prosecutors announced Friday.

Keith Christopher, 38, of Pittsburg, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston. Prosecutors asked for a 27-month sentence, arguing that Christopher betrayed his colleagues and the public, and said he started accepting bribes to smuggle phones after his probationary period at the prison ended in 2018.

Christopher submitted a letter to the court where he apologized for “the lack of integrity I displayed and the dishonor to the oath I made as a correctional officer.”

“I understand that I

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