A former correctional officer will learn next month whether he will be sent to prison for trying to smuggle cannabis concentrate into a Nova Scotia jail — contraband a prosecutor says was worth more than $50,000 at the highly inflated prices behind bars.

Robert McLaughlin, 42, faced a sentencing hearing Friday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Pictou, N.S., with the prosecution arguing for three years in prison, while the defence sought a conditional sentence. Justice Bryna Hatt will make her deci…