Prison employee charged with taking bribes

By Washington Examiner

Published March 17, 2014 4:00am ET

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Prison employee charged with taking bribes — An employee of the federal prison in Danbury has been arrested on charges that she took part in a scheme to collect bribes from inmates in exchange for recommendations that they be released early to halfway houses. (Photo: Thinkstock) | -oqIpo-

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An employee of the federal prison in Danbury has been arrested on charges that she took part in a scheme to collect bribes from inmates in exchange for recommendations that they be released early to halfway houses.

Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Kisha Perkins of Waterbury was arrested at her home Friday morning. She appeared in federal court in New Haven was released on $100,000 bond.

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