The Malone Telegram
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Two corrections officers at American Samoa’s only jail are suspected of letting inmates leave to go on beer and food runs.
Officers Fiti Aina and Rocky Tua were charged with aiding the escape of a prisoner, permitting escape and public servant acceding to corruption.
A police search at Territorial Correctional Facility in July turned up beer in an inmate’s cell. Court documents said an inmate told investigators he bought beer for another inmate and chips and cookies for Tua.
Aina and Tua were each held on $10,000 bail.
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