Eighteen guards and employees have been fired or have resigned from a male prison in the United Kingdom for keeping sexual intercourse with inmates, according to British media reports.
illegal activities in HMP Berwynthe UK’s largest men’s prison, date back to when the facility opened in 2017 and have even resulted in three women facing jail terms, according to records obtained by the BBC and the Mirror.
The guard Jennifer Gavan, 27 years old, she was sentenced to eight months in jail last year after pleading guilty to misconduct. She accepted £150 – about $180 – from the inmate alex coxon to pass him a mobile phone, which they then used to exchange risqué photos, according to the Mirror. Coxon was in prison for robbery.
another former guard Emily Watson26, was jailed for a year after having an affair with a drug dealer, john mcgeewho was sentenced to eight years in prison for “causing death by dangerous driving,” according to the Mirror.
Watson made a sexual act with inmate on two occasions and had sex with him once while he was inside his cell, a UK court has found, reported Yahoo! News.
The probation officer Ayshea Gunn, 27, was jailed for a year in 2019 after having a sexual relationship with the inmate Khuram Razaqwho was serving a 12-year sentence for conspiracy to rob.
Besidessmuggled underwear for the inmate inside her bra, according to court proceedings, and investigators found photos of Gunn and Razaq kissing among the former guard’s belongings.
The 18 women who were involved in the scandal at the center, with a capacity for 2,000 inmates, were operational staff or worked there from collaborating organizations such as rehabilitation, reported the BBC.
The president of the Prison Officers Association insisted that the sexual encounters were due to the fact that the prisoner was being hired. “wrong kind of women”reported the Mirror.
“The staff that are hired don’t have face-to-face interviews,” Mark Fairhurst said, adding. “Everything is done by Zoom.”
“Many of the people who get these jobs does not have enough life experience and it is susceptible to being conditioned by the prisoners”, he also said.
The SM Prison Service previously announced it would improve training and root out guards “who undermine our exemplary service,” the agency reported. BBC.
The agency stressed that it “I would tolerate those few officials who believe they are above the law.”
“That is why our recently strengthened Anti-Corruption Team is working around the clock to root out and clamp down on those who undermine our exemplary service with their dangerous behavior and ensure they face the strongest possible consequences for their crimes,” the SM Prisons Service reported.
Since 2019, 31 female civil servants in England and Wales have been made redundant for inappropriate interactions, indicate the statistics collected by the Mirror. However, 18 women fired or resigned from a single prison is a “record”.
More than 500 prison officials reportedly received anti-corruption training in the last 18 months.
HMP Berwyn is considered the jail “softer” from United Kingdom.
The cells do not have bars on the windows and inmates can have televisions, laptops and telephones.
According to him Daily Mail, the prison also has a sports hall, a fitness room and outdoor space for inmates. It also offers various educational programs.
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