Former Danbury Prison Employee Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery Scheme

A former employee of the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery scheme, according to press release from the DOJ.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Kisha Perkins, 43, of Waterbury was employed as a case manager at FCI Danbury. After receiving information about an alleged scheme to solicit and collect cash bribes from FCI Danbury inmates in exchange for a recommendation that inmates be released early to “halfway houses,” federal law enforcement initiated an undercover operation.

As part of the operation, another FCI Danbury employee, working in an undercover capacity, told Perkins about a scheme in which an inmate was purporting to make a cash payment in exchange for the inmate’s early release to a halfway house. In pleading guilty, Perkins admitted to having participated in that scheme and also admitted that in February 2014, she agreed to accept a pair of shoes or a Louis Vuitton pocketbook in return for aiding in the commission of the scheme by counseling the employee regarding the bribe scheme and failing to report the bribe scheme to prison officials.

Perkins pleaded guilty to one count of acceptance of a bribe by a public official, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a fine of up to $250,000. She is scheduled to be sentenced on July 21, 2015.

This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan Wines.

“There is no tolerance for corrupt employees within the ranks of the Bureau of Prisons,” U.S. Attorney Dierdre M. Daly said in the press release. “Prison officials, like this defendant, will be held accountable in federal court.”

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