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\"U.S.<\/a>A federal judge sentenced a former Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury<\/strong> worker to a year and a day in prison for participating in a bribery scheme involving the release of an inmate to a halfway house, officials said.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea<\/strong> on Tuesday\u00a0sentenced Kisha Perkins,<\/strong> 43, of Waterbury, for soliciting a cash bribe from an inmate in 2013 in exchange for the inmate’s early release to a halfway house, officials said.<\/p>\n

Perkins was employed as a case manager at the prison, officials said.<\/p>\n

At that time, Perkins held the job title of \u201cUnit Counselor\u201d at FCI Danbury and did not have administrative authority to recommend inmates for early release, officials said.<\/p>\n

Perkins explained that her co-worker was needed to complete the scheme because the co-worker had the administrative ability to recommend inmates for early release, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Perkins\u2019 co-worker declined to participate in the scheme, reported the incident to law enforcement and agreed to cooperate in the investigation, which included the use of numerous consensually recorded conversations.<\/p>\n

In July 2013, under the direction of law enforcement, Perkins\u2019 co-worker told Perkins that he\/she had changed his\/her mind and wanted to participate in the scheme.<\/p>\n

Perkins informed her co-worker that a scheme involving the inmate who had been previously identified was no longer feasible.<\/p>\n

In February 2014, as part of an undercover scenario, Perkins’ co-worker identified a second inmate as a possible candidate for the bribe scheme. Perkins agreed to participate and, after extensive planning, on March 8, 2014, Perkins and her co-worker traveled to a commuter lot off of Exit 28 on Interstate 84 to pick up a partial bribe payment of $5,000 in cash in a fast food bag that, as Perkins believed, was to be dropped off by an acquaintance of the inmate, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Perkins was arrested on March 14, 2014.<\/p>\n

On April 27, 2015, officials said Perkins pleaded guilty to one count of acceptance of a bribe by a public official. In pleading guilty, Perkins specifically admitted that she participated in the scheme. Also she admitted that in February 2014, she agreed to accept a pair of shoes or a Louis Vuitton pocketbook in return for counseling the employee regarding the bribe scheme and failing to report the bribe scheme to prison officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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