Character Overview
An African American police detective, he is an undercover narcotics officer working under the false identity of Desmond Mobay and trying to bust the drug trade in Oz. "Mobay" is a Jamaican who wishes to work for the gangsters within Oz. Basil gets too deep undercover, and in the process of attempting to prove his loyalty to the gangsters, he becomes a heroin addict himself and kills an incarcerated police officer. Later, after being confronted by Augustus Hill, he confesses to the murder. He serves time in the police unit of Oz, Unit J, where he is eventually killed by Clayton Hughes, an incarcerated former correctional officer.
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