3 h. ago Prison officer mum admits 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate after 1,100 messages exposed

A court heard how there are 1,100 messages in the evidence for the case

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4 h. ago Prison officer mum facing jail after 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate

'You should prepare for the possibility of a custodial sentence. The court will consider all matters which are relevant for sentence' - Judge

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14 h. ago Female prison officer, 29, faces jail after admitting having an 'inappropriate relationship' with an inmate

Zoe Oldham, 29, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court to plead guilty to charges of misconduct in a public office during her service at HMP Risley in Warrington.

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15 h. ago Prison guard mum, 29, 'had 1,100 message inappropriate relationship' with inmate

Mum Zoe Oldham pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office while working as a prison guard, with the court told around 1,100 messages were exchanged with a lag

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25 h. ago Prison nurse who had sex with inmate speaks out after his death and 'liked the thrill'

Amy Hatfield, 40, was a mental health nurse at HMP Lindholme in Doncaster when she started a relationship with Joseph Whittingham, an inmate at the prison who has since died

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49 h. ago Female prison officer, 31, pleads guilty to having illicit relationship with male inmate

Sarah Barnett, 31, from Rugeley in Staffordshire and who worked at HMP Dovegate in nearby Uttoxeter, faces a possible jail term when sentenced on January 7.

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3 d. ago How was this woman allowed to work with vulnerable children? Health care assistant who had relationship with inmate while working at Broadmoor got job helping special needs pupils

Laura Horton was appointed director of Berkshire-based Remedicare Education despite being under investigation for smuggling drugs into high-security prisons across the country.

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4 d. ago She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?There was a moment in the summer of 2022 when 26-year-old Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington, a female prison officer in a men’s jail, had to make a choice. She was on her wing at HMP The Verne in Dorset, in the day room where inmates go to read books and newspapers, when a prisoner called Bradley Trengrove handed her a magazine. Concealed within its pages was a slip of paper with a number written on it – the number of his secret, illicit mobile phone. Under the watchful eye of the prison’s security cameras, Austin-Saddington had to decide what to do next.“I was thinking, do I report it? Do I not report it?” she says. “I wasn’t thinking, I’ll text him – that wasn’t in my head.” But she did not throw the piece of paper away. She kept it, and in the end decid...

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4 d. ago 'I had sordid sex with female prison officer, I don't regret it for a second'

As prison officer Isabelle Dale is found guilty of flings with two serving inmates, former lag Tony Gooch has opened up about his own illicit prison relationship and why he has no regrets

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5 d. ago Female prison officer who had sex with convict lover in jail prayer room and hung framed picture of them together over her bed faces years behind bars

Isabelle Dale, 23, romped with Shahid Sharif, 33, in the worship area at HMP Coldingley as two room mates posted as lookouts, Southwark Crown Court heard.

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1 week ago Female prison officer appears in court charged with performing sex act on an inmate

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, did not enter a plea during a ten-minute hearing today and left court with a jacket pulled over head to try and hide her face.

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2 w. ago Female probation officer accused of having relationship with male prisoner appears in court

Bethany Dent-Reynolds, 27, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today accused of being in 'an inappropriate, romantic relationship' with HMP Belmarsh inmate - Kieran Robinson.

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2 w. ago Prison guard who 'liked sex with lag' gushes 'I'm proud' after he raps for her

Isabelle Dale allegedly had a sexual relationship wth HMP Coldingley inmate Shahid Sharif - who was jailed there for his part in the sickening robbery of a jeweller's shop

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2 w. ago Female prison officer, 23, told inmate lover she 'would take a bullet' for him in handwritten letter found in his cell, court hears

Isabelle Dale, 23, allegedly slept with convicted robber Shahid Sharif in a prayer room at HMP Coldingley in Surrey while two inmates acted as lookouts.

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3 w. ago Female prison officer, 23, 'had sex with convicted robber in prison prayer room', court hears

Isabelle Dale, 23, allegedly slept with Shahid Sharif in the prayer room at HMP Coldingley in Surrey while two inmates acted as lookouts.

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3 w. ago Female prison officer charged accused of having illicit relationship with male inmate is set to appear in court

Sarah Barnett, 31, who has since left the Prison Service to start working as a beauty therapist is expected to deny the charges when she faces a plea hearing next month.

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4 w. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to making illicit phone calls to 'violent inmate who severed man's leg with a machete'

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, was charged with one count of making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she met while on duty.

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4 w. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to illicit calls with inmate who severed man’s leg

Pinchbeck is was in communication with Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017 after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

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4 w. ago Teenage prison officer 'gave inmate her phone number then had sexual relationship'

Alicia Novas, 19, is alleged to have "wilfully misconducted herself in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust" when she gave out her phone number to inmate Declan Winkless, 30

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last month Prison officer, 19, accused of having sexual relationship with inmate

The charge states that Alicia Novas “wilfully misconducted herself"

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