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Prison Officer Sentenced for Taking Bribes to Smuggle Drugs and Phones
Bodycam Testimony | 2026-07-12
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On April 14, 2026, Luz Naranjo — a correctional officer at Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin — was sentenced on one federal count of conspiring to commit federal programs bribery after pleading guilty following an FBI investigation that revealed she had accepted two separate bribe...
On April 14, 2026, Luz Naranjo — a correctional officer at Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin — was sentenced on one federal count of conspiring to commit federal programs bribery after pleading guilty following an FBI investigation that revealed she had accepted two separate bribe payments of $3,000 each, totaling $6,000, to smuggle contraband through the institution's security on behalf of a single inmate. The contraband included tobacco, cell phones, and controlled substances, with the phones enabling the inmate to coordinate criminal activity from inside a cell and the drugs feeding the facility's illicit economy. Because Waupun Correctional Institution receives federal funding, the corruption was prosecuted as a federal offense in the Eastern District of Wisconsin before U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, who imposed a sentence of 8 to 14 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised probation. The FBI investigation exposed how a single officer's willingness to accept two cash handoffs dismantled the hard boundary that separates an institution's interior from the outside world, leaving every inmate, staff member, and visitor inside Waupun more exposed — all in exchange for $6,000 and the destruction of Naranjo's own career and freedom.
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