WISCONSIN
A federal grand jury today indicted a woman who worked at the federal prison in Oxford, Wisconsin for allegedly smuggling tobacco for an inmate so he could use it and sell it to other inmates, according to federal officials.
The defendant, Amy Ziemann, 43, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., also provided the inmate with pornography, clothing and food along with allowing another inmate to use her office phone to arrange for payments form the in-prison sale of tobacco, according to the allegations in the indictment.
She is also charged with having sex with the inmate.
Ziemann is charged in an eight-count indictment with public corruption crimes.
The indictment alleges that from July 2013 to February 2014, Ziemann provided prohibited items to an inmate, including a wireless remote control for a sexual stimulation device, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco.
The sixth count of the indictment charges Ziemann with making false statements to investigators, and the seventh count alleges that Ziemann accepted a $200 bribe to smuggle contraband into the prison.
The eighth count of the indictment alleges that Ziemann attempted to persuade another individual to testify falsely about this matter before a federal grand jury.
If convicted, Ziemann is facing up to 20 years in federal prison on the most serious charge.