OCALA, Florida — A 37-year-old correctional officer from Citra has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison for accepting a bribe and smuggling contraband into a federal facility.
Michael Jason Brooks, who worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Sumter County, was sentenced by United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber to one year and one day in federal prison. Brooks pleaded guilty on November 12, 2025, to charges of receiving a bribe as a public official and providing contraband to a federal inmate, according to United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.
Court records reveal that on June 12, 2024, Brooks knowingly and corruptly sought and agreed to receive a $3,000 bribe in exchange for smuggling 177.1 grams of loose tobacco into the federal prison for an inmate. Tobacco is considered contraband and is prohibited for federal inmates…