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The woman accused of helping three inmates escape from the state prison in Kingman has pleaded not guilty to drug charges.

Casslyn Welch entered her plea Tuesday in Mohave County Superior Court. She faces six counts of narcotics violations for the drugs she's accused of bringing to the medium-security prison in June. Authorities say a random search of Welch and her vehicle turned up marijuana, heroin and drug paraphernalia.

Welch was visiting John McCluskey, her cousin and fiancee, at the time and lost her visitation rights but not her phone privileges.

Authorities say she wasn't immediately jailed because she agreed to become an informant. She was charged following the July 30 escape of McCluskey and two other inmates.

All have been captured.