A feminine jail officer who despatched greater than 4,000 racy messages throughout a sexual relationship with a prisoner has been jailed for 12 months.
Toni Cole, 29, was found to have shared a collection of intimate affairs with a con whereas working on the new ‘super-prison’ HMP 5 Wells in Northamptonshire.
A courtroom heard she despatched 4,369 messages to the prisoner and took half in 18 video calls whereas partaking in ‘contact which was sexualised or flirtatious’.
She additionally kissed him and sat on his lap and even advised him she would give unauthorised superior warning of any cell searches on the Class C jail.
The connection passed off between December 9, 2022, and January 25, 2023 earlier than it was rumbled by jail bosses.
Cole, of Wellingborough, Northants., pleaded responsible to misconduct in public workplace and was jailed for a 12 months at Northampton Crown Court docket.
Cole is the second feminine officer convicted of misconduct in public workplace on the Wellingborough jail.
Final summer season, trainee officer Rachel Stanton, 31, was given a suspended jail time period after a steamy affair with a prisoner.
The mum-of-five’s relationship with armed robber Edwin Poole was uncovered when jail workers discovered three intimate pictures and an attractive love letter in his cell.
CCTV additionally caught the pair going into a jail storeroom for an hour of ‘intimacy’.
And in December 2024 it was reported {that a} third feminine jail officer, who has not been named, had been arrested and suspended for related behaviour.
The £253m jail, which is operated by G4S, has been beneath scrutiny after inspectors raised severe considerations about workers security, medication and meals shortages.
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