Over 300 bodies have been added to the more than 3,000 estimated to be at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas.
The charge brought against the Travis County officer is "contraband in a correctional facility," a Class B misdemeanor.
Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.
Deputies did not say if the exchange was part of an ongoing arrangement, nor how much cash or chicken was involved.
The unexpected arrival of the Epstein associate upset the camp’s routines. Some inmates say she got favorable treatment.