LEWIS COUNTY, W.Va. –A former corrections officer admitted to accepting bribes from inmates in exchange for contraband.
According to a release from U.S. Attorney Matthew Harvey, Elaina Massey, 41, of Roanoke, pled guilty to bribery of a public official.
Documents stated that when Massey, worked at Federal Corrections Institution Morgantown, she allowed prisoners to keep cell phones. She also provided new phones, alcohol, and tobacco, in exchange for payments from inmates.
Massey, during this time, collected more than $20,000 from inmates.
She faces up to 15 years in prison.