The FBI arrested a District of Columbia Jail corrections officer for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband into the city’s detention facility, according to federal court documents.

Authorities said D.C. corrections officer Dana Marshall and Sheri Adams were part of a scheme that involved multiple jail officials and as many as 30 inmates, according to arrest warrants unsealed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Items smuggled into the D.C. Jail include food, cigarettes, drugs, cash, electronic devices and weapons, the court documents allege.

The probe relied heavily on the cooperation of an unnamed inmate and a undercover agent, records show.

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Marshall, 52, and Adams, 30, were charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. Bribery carries up to 15 years in prison. Both defendants were released without having to post bail.

D.C. Jail officials could not be reached Sunday.

According to authorities and court documents, the alleged scheme worked this way:

Marshall was stationed in the culinary department, where he could hide the contraband in a special diet tray and have an inmate assigned to the kitchen detail deliver the tray to another inmate.

Adams acted as the “middle man,” authorities said. She met with the inmate’s contact outside the D.C. Jail to take the orders and money.

Adams charged $200 to get drugs into the jail, $200 for a carton of cigarettes and $250 for a cell phone, according to a phone conversation recorded by FBI agents.

She brought the contraband to Marshall, who would smuggle in the goods.

smccabe@dcexaminer.com