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Kisha Perkins pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to acceptance of a bribe by a public official, which carries a maximum of 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
“There is no tolerance for corrupt employees within the ranks of the Bureau of Prisons,” said U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly. “Prison officials, like this defendant, will be held accountable in federal court. I commend the FBI and the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General for their diligence in uncovering this corrosive bribery scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our investigative partners are committed to rooting out corruption at all levels of government.”
Perkins was employed as a case manager at FCI Danbury. According to court documents and statements made in court, federal law enforcement initiated an undercover operation after receiving information about a scheme to solicit and collect cash bribes from inmates in exchange for a recommendation that inmates be released early to halfway houses.
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 was arrested on March 14, 2014. She is scheduled to be sentenced July 21.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.
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