3 d. ago Prison tutor admits relationship with inmate she was caught with in locked classroom

Melissa Murphy, formerly Melissa O'Brien, was found in the room with the inmate, which had been locked from the inside, at HMP Chelmsford by another member of staff.

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3 d. ago Prison tutor affair's with inmate exposed after his photo found in her bedroom

Melissa Murphy, a 48-year-old prison tutor, 'abused a position of trust' after forming a relationship with a male inmate, with police discovering a photograph of him when they searched her home

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3 d. ago Prison officer admits relationship with inmate after photo found in bedroom

Their 'closeness' was uncovered after they were found locked in a room together

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3 d. ago Prison officer admits relationship with inmate after photo found

The 48-year-old tutor first met the inmate in the summer of 2023

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4 d. ago Prison officer sent love letters and had 'extremely graphic' phone sex with convict

Prison guard Megann Gibson, 26, became embroiled in a forbidden relationship with dangerous inmate Ryan Horan while working at Wealstun Prison near Wetherby, West Yorkshire

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4 d. ago Female prison officer who had illicit relationship with gangster behind bars and triggered 102 corruption alerts in just five months is jailed

Megann Gibson, 26, became embroiled in a forbidden relationship with dangerous inmate Ryan Horan while working at Wealstun Prison near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

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4 d. ago Female prison officer, 46, admits to performing sex act on an inmate

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, of Newmarket in Suffolk, was in a relationship with the inmate at HMP Highpoint in Stradishall between April and July 2024.

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5 d. ago Prison officer faces jail for secret relationship after 'performing sex act' on inmate

Prison officer Rebecca Pinckard, 46, embarked on a fling with an inmate at HMP Highpoint in Stradishall, Suffolk, and was said to have “[performed] oral sex on that prisoner”

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1 week ago Prison officer, 24, admits illicit sexual relationship with male inmate AND role in 'drug smuggling' operation

Robinson pleaded not guilty to a third count of supplying Class A drug cocaine, along with others, to another.

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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 w. 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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3 w. 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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