BOP Correctional Officer Charged with Bribery

On September 29, 2025, Cornelius Thompson, a BOP Correctional Officer assigned to the United States Penitentiary Coleman 2 (USP Coleman 2), was arrested following a Grand Jury indictment in the Middle District of Florida. Thompson was charged with one count of receipt of a bribe by a public official and one count of sexual abuse of a ward in federal custody. According to the Indictment, Thompson received bribery payments for introducing narcotic contraband into USP Coleman 2 and providing the contraband to an inmate with whom he was engaged in a sexual relationship. The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Ocala Locale.