A former corrections officer at the Alabama Department of Corrections has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for accepting bribes, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona.
John Paul Ketteman, 28, of Huntsville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke after pleading guilty to receiving a bribe as an agent of an organization that receives federal funds.
Court documents show that Ketteman worked at Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama, where his responsibilities included inspecting cells for contraband and supervising inmates. In the fall of 2022, the Law Enforcement Services Division of the Alabama Department of Corrections began investigating reports that officers were smuggling contraband into Limestone Facility. Investigators reviewed records from Ketteman’s Cash App account and found he had received over $10,000 in less than three months during 2022 in exchange for smuggling contraband into the facility and serving as a lookout.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the United States Secret Service with assistance from ADOC’s Law Enforcement Services Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney John M. Hundscheid prosecuted the case.
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