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Authorities say a Sauk County inmate failed to turn the other cheek following a dispute that began in a jail Bible study class.

The Sauk County District Attorney’s Office filed a felony charge of battery by prisoners Tuesday against 29-year-old Sasha M. Perry of Baraboo.

“According to (the alleged victim), Perry was using Bible study to talk about herself and this upset some of the female Bible study attendees,” the criminal complaint against Perry states.

The inmate told authorities she went to Perry’s cell to confront her about the matter. She allegedly exchanged words with Perry, and “went on to say that she did flip Perry off and told her to ‘suck it,’” the complaint says.

Perry allegedly then took things one step beyond an eye for an eye approach to conflict resolution. Prosecutors say she followed the other inmate back to her cell, punched her three or four times, and tried to throw her down the stairs by pulling her hair.

Perry told the deputy the woman had been “pushing her buttons” all day and that she wanted to “throw her out like Tuesday’s garbage,” the complaint says.