A prisoner is facing additional charges after being caught with a gun while in the Department of Corrections.

Thirty-three-year-old Mark Paulino is charged with promoting of prison contraband, possession of a firearm without a valid ID, and destroying evidence.

Correctional officers found the .22 switch gun pistol in a plastic bag inside a toilet.

Paulino allegedly told officers he found the gun inside an empty cell and did not know how it got into the prison.

Paulino was arrested in 2022 on drug possession charges.