Perkins
MONTICELLO – A female corrections officer assigned to the Woodbourne
Correctional Facility in the Town of Fallsburg has been suspended without
pay following her arrest for having sex with a male inmate.
On Friday, July 20, following a one-month investigation by the State Police
Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Liberty and the State Department of
Correction and Community Supervision of Special Investigations, Officer
Teeka Perkins, 44, of Monticello, was arrested.
She was charged with having a sexual relationship with a Woodbourne Correctional
Facility inmate where she worked.
Evidence was discovered following a search of the inmate’s cube
and a subsequent search of Perkins’ Monticello home.
Perkins was charged with felony rape and misdemeanors of promoting prison
contraband and official conduct.
The Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation.
