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Six people have appeared in court today, charged over allegations Corrections staff were bribed with cash and sex to take contraband into Wellington's Rimutaka Prison. Of the six, three men have been charged with accepting money to bring in contraband, while a 50-year-old man is accused of accepting sex from a 37-year-old woman. The woman is charged with bribery, and a current Rimutaka inmate is allegedly a party to offering the bribe. Jimmy Ellingham speaks to Corrections' chief custodial officer.