Correctional officer sentenced to probation for sex acts with inmate

A female former correctional officer was placed on two years probation Friday, March 25 with 2 years imprisonment suspended for having sexual contact with a 24 year old male inmate at the Burlington, IA facility where she used to work. 32 year old Megan Elizabeth Cecil originally faced four counts of sexual misconduct with offenders, but per plea agreement, two of those counts were dropped, and prosecutors agreed "not to file any additional charges now known to the state related to the defendant's employment at the Burlington Residential Correctional Facility."

Cecil admitted to engaging in a "sex act with an individual committed to the custody of the 8th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services," while she was a residential officer on March 9 and again on March 19, both of last year. The original charging document stated she had an inappropriate relationship with the inmate two more times later that same month.

Dan Fell, the correctional service's District Director, said Cecil started as a part-time residential officer in Sept. 14, 2007. She became a full-time employee in the position May 30, 2008, and resigned in April of last year. Three of the "sex acts" were reportedly committed inside the halfway house, and one was "in a location outside the facility," prosecutors said.

The two years probation were a compromise between jail time prosecutors were asking for and a deferred judgement that the defense wanted. Besides the probation related to her charge, Cecil will have to register as a sex offender and undergo counseling. Cecil will spend a decade on probation after the initial sentence.

Central Pennsylvania prison guard sentenced to 23 months probation for sex with inmate

A former Pennsylvania prison guard was sentenced to 23 months probation and the sex offender list May 4 for having sex with an inmate at the prison where she worked and he was held. Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution - Camp Hill guard Rachael Hoerner's sentenced caps a plea deal presided over by Cumberland County Judge J. Wesley Oler Jr.

According to court documents, Rachael S. Hoerner, 39, of the 500 block of Lansvale Street, Marysville, Perry County, admitted her involvement with an inmate when she was interviewed by an officer with the state Department of Corrections' Office of Professional Responsibility.

Both Hoerner and the inmate told investigators they had performed sexual acts in a mop closet prior to the prisoner's May transfer to another state prison, authorities said. Investigators at that prison also discovered letters sent by Hoerner to the prison during a search of the man's cell, authorities said.

Hoerner was arrested July 24, 2009 on charges of institutional sexual assault and official oppresion. Under a plea deal, she plead guilty to the sex assault charge in January, which carries up to 7 years in prison, in exchange for the oppression charge being dropped. She's ineligible for any correctional or law enforcement job, but was found not to be a predatory offender by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board.

Ft. Smith prison guard sentenced to 4 years for coercing sex from inmates

A former jailer in Arkansas was sentenced to 4 years in prison for 2 counts of 3rd degree sexual assault after pleading guilty Wednesday, February 10. Sebastian County Detention Center ex-guard Leon Wilson Wood, 65, was convicted of coercing 2 women inmates into sex acts on his shift, June 15, 2009. After his shift ended, the victims notified other officers about the attack. They told authorities that they felt trapped because Wood was in a position of authority over them.

Wood was given a four-year prison term plus six years suspended on one count, and 10 years suspended on the second count, meaning he’ll be on a suspended sentence for 16 years once he’s released from prison.

Wood, who worked at the detention center for about a year, was a battalion chief for the Fort Smith Fire Department and had served there from 1968 to 2000, according to a fire department official.

His son, 40 year old Timothy Wood, is also a former Ft. Smith firefighter and convicted sex offender. Police arrested Tim for trying to solicit a detective posing as a 13 year old girl for sex. Officials found child pornography, and is serving a federal prison sentence.

New Mexico prison guard sentenced to 18 years for raping women

A prison guard was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday, November 20 for raping female inmates at the Camino Nuevo private prison in Alberquerque, New Mexico.  This prison holds around 50 women, many in the final days of their sentences. Anthony Townes plead guilty to and was sentenced to 18 years in prison for 8 counts of rape and false imprisonment, two counts for each inmate he victimized.  The attacks occurred between January and  August of 2007. His MO was to force women into places unmonitored by security cameras.

"I knew him as a monster, a liar a man who thought because of his position he was wanted by all but could do as he pleased," one of the victims said. Townes claimed he pled guilty to avoid a 36 year sentence that he could have received in found guilty by a jury. "There is no fear factor. I would never threaten anyone else's kids. I have a grandmother, mother a girlfriend, a sister and 4-year-old daughter, so therefore I would not do that to any woman because no woman deserves that," he said.

British guard has inmate's baby, sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison

A British prison guard was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison - 1 year for misconduct in public office, and 1 1/2 years for cell phone smuggling - for a sexual relationship she had with a 21 year old "dangerous" offender. Kelly-Anne McDade, 31, got pregnant with Nelson Delgado's baby while she worked at and he was an inmate at Aylesbury young offenders institution in Buckinghamshire. McDade worked at the institution for 3 years before starting the relationship with Delgado. McDade gave birth in February this year.

Nigel Ogborne, the prosecutor, said that McDade tried to explain away the pregnancy by saying that it was the result of a fling. "She was asked by the prison authorities about the pregnancy and she indicated that it was as a result of a relationship on a foreign holiday." After the prison governor found out it was Delgado's baby, he said it "could have caused a massive breach of security."

Richard Germain, defending McDade, told the court: "There is no doubt it was an inappropriate relationship, but Ms McDade would say, 'You can't help who you fall in love with'.

She fell in love with this serving prisoner, who was nearly 10 years her junior."

He said the case was "unique". "At some point in the future, she and Mr Delgado hope to set up home together and bring up the child together."

McDade resigned after she was caught on closed circuit TV unlocking Delgado's door after lights out. After Delgado was moved to Swinfen Hall young offenders institution earlier this year, McDade tried to smuggle three cell phones inside a stereo. She was caught, and a subsequent search of her home turned up a "love" letter and some weed.
 
The presiding judge was Christopher Tyrer at Aylesbury Crown Court.

Contractors sentenced to jail (not prison) for sexual assault of inmate

Two contractors working for a company which transported prison inmates have been sentenced to 270 and 75 days in jail, respectively for forcing a woman to perform oral sex with them. Both men, Miguel Jacobo, and Ronald Yglesias, plead no contest to a count of sexual activity in a detention facility, with Yglesias also pleading to a count of oral copulation in a detention facility. The sentencing s were held September 4, 11 days ago.

Yglesias was sentenced to 270 days in the Santa Barbara Jail, while Jacobo was sentenced to 75 days in the same facility. Both must register as sex offenders for life, and both cannot work as guards in any capacity anymore.

The illegal acts were committed while the two were returning the female inmate to Santa Barbara County Jail in October of last year. They had worked for just under six months for U.S. Extradition Services, which contracted with the county to transport prisoners among facilities throughout California. The company no longer has a contract with the Sheriff.

The victim said that Ygelsias made her give him oral sex while in a van with seven inmates in it, both male and female. “Clearly, the victim was particularly vulnerable,” Dudley said. “I think his behavior was despicable.” He claimed to detectives that he had taken four Ambien sleeping pills to fall asleep, and woke up to find the victim performing oral sex on him.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Joyce Dudley, prosecutor of this case, stated that “those who work within our criminal justice system are public servants, their behavior must be above reproach. In this case, it wasn’t just criminal, it was unconscionable.”

The victim stated to presiding judge Frank Ochoa that "I am supposed to trust law enforcement, and now I am going to have a hard time doing that.”

Jail guard sentenced to 60 days jail, sex offender restrictions after "affair"

A Missouri jail officer was ordered to undergo 5 years of probation, sex offender treatment, and 60 days in jail after a sexual relationship with an inmate turned into marriage. 29 year old Tara Hewkin, of the St. Louis suburb of Warrenton was sentenced by Circuit Judge Keith Sutherland yesterday after being convicted on March 26 in a bench trial. Sentencing was delayed to give probation officers time to prepare a report.

Hewkin began working at the jail as a corrections officer in April 2007. David Latham, 34, was one of several federal inmates being housed in the Warren County jail in the fall of 2007. On Oct. 15, 2007, jail staff found a cell phone in Latham's cell. Officers determined it belonged to Hewkin.

Hewkin admitted to police she gave Latham the phone so he could stay in touch with her. She told police she and Latham were involved in an intimate relationship. She reported that on three occasions she and Latham had sexual contact, once in the laundry room of the jail and the other times between the doors of two cell pods.

Latham was convicted on marijuana charges and sentenced to 5 years in USP Leavenworth. Besides the conviction, as a sex offender, Hewkin cannot live within 1000 feet of schools or day care centers.

Wisconsin correctional officer charged with sexual assault of inmate

Christopher Jackson, a guard at the Milwaukee Women's Correctional Center in Milwaukee's north side, has been charged with half a dozen counts of 2nd degree sexual assault. 5 of these counts allege that Jackson, 44, abused his authority by having sex with an inmate, and the last count alleges that Jackson used force. Each count is a Class B felony punishable by up to 40 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

The victim told investigators that Jackson, who supervised her work duties, first approached her in February of 2008 in the basement of the correctional center, at 615 W. Keefe Ave., which is run by the state Department of Corrections. The woman said Jackson's contacts with her escalated from indecently touching to other sexual acts, some in vans off of the center grounds.

After several contacts, the woman said, she began to resist Jackson's advances in September of 2008 and he began writing her up for various actions. She said she was afraid to report the allegations earlier because of threats he had made for removing privileges and interfering with her ability to be released from the center, according to the complaint.

The victim's complaint stated that she"was very frightened of the threats and the power and authority that Jackson had over her." Jackson is currently being held on $50,000 bail in the Milwaukee County Jail.

New Hampshire ex guard sentenced to 13 to 26 years

By PAT GROSSMITH New Hampshire Union Leader Staff Friday, Sep. 12, 2008

CONCORD – A former prison guard was sentenced to 13-26 years for sexually assaulting two women inmates being treated in the Secure Psychiatric Unit (SPU) at the New Hampshire State Prison.

Darrell Brinkley, 53, of Antrim, pleaded guilty today in Merrimack County Superior Court to one count each of aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, simple assault, extended term, and one count of indecent exposure. He was sentenced to the State Prison although a prosecutor said he will likely be transferred to an out-of-state prison.

Assistant Attorney General James T. Boffetti said the sentence provided some relief to the victims.

"These women were in an extraordinarily vulnerable position in that they were psychiatric patients," Boffetti said. "This office takes these matters very seriously and will vigorously prosecute them."

The state Department of Corrections fired Brinkley in 2005 but then he went to Iraq with his Naval Reserve Unit where he worked as a prison guard. Boffetti said the military was notified of the indictments when they were issued last year."They brought him back very quickly," he said.

Brinkley was originally indicted on 11 charges involving three women inmates. He pleaded guilty to four - two felonies and two misdemeanors - alleging he assaulted two women inmates. The remaining charges were dismissed, Boffetti said.

The sentence was imposed by Judge Carol Ann Conboy and included a 2 to 5-year suspended sentence on the misdemeanor offenses to be served consecutively.

Utah jail guard charged with sexually assaulting inmate

A woman jail guard was charged with 2 counts of custodial sexual misconduct September 2 for having sexual contact with an inmate at a St. George, UT jail. Stephanie Lynn Alldredge, 35, was sexually involved with another female inmate on work release, and the sexual contact happened off-site. Alldredge worked as a civilian employee and a correctional trainee in the Purgatory Correctional Facility.

St. George Police Sgt. James Van Fleet said that the inmate was allowed to go home to wash jail uniforms as laundry, and that twice in August, the two women had sexual contact. The sexual relationship was believed to be consensual.

"It's because of her (Alldredge) status at the jail and because the inmate was an inmate of the county that makes the conduct illegal…If someone is on paper in the state of Utah, it's against the law for anyone employed by law enforcement to have a relationship with that person."

Another correctional employee reported it to Alldregdge’s boss, and she resigned during the midst of an internal investigation on August 22. The inmate was suspended from work release.

Van Fleet said the civilian staff members at the jail are extremely limited to what access they have in the facility, and it was a correctional officer who noticed that there might have been something going on between Alldredge and the inmate.

Sheriff Kirk Smith said the correctional officer confronted Alldredge and went to her supervisor in the chain of command.

"This kind of behavior will not be tolerated, and consequences will be swift," he said. "These types of things we teach and we preach not to do, but it still falls back on individual employees making good decisions."

Smith said he wants the jail employees to know he is proud of them for acting when they recognized the alleged relationship.

Alldredge will make her 1st court appearance September 22.

Study about prison rape bring surprising results

3% of inmates of U.S. jails sexually victimized: report
Steven Edwards , Canwest News ServicePublished: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
NEW YORK - Widely held misconceptions about the extent and nature of sexual victimization in U.S. jails are indirectly exposed in the results of a study released here Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Sexual Victimization in Local Jails 2007 study - the first of its kind for those facilities - reports that 3.2 per cent of inmates questioned say they've been targets of sexual predators behind bars.

Criteria for listing oneself as a victim included not only rape, but being inappropriately touched.

Authors of the study acknowledged that many in the wider public will be surprised at the findings.One myth is that rape behind bars is relatively widespread. "Those things happen and we're finding them, but it isn't the 20 per cent figure that some believe," said Allen Beck, senior statistical adviser for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, who jointly led the study.

"The prevalence of such acts is relatively small."

Among other findings, the profiles of some of the most likely inmates to be victimized produced surprises - even for the experts.The incidence of people of mixed race as victims was higher than the average, as was that of people educated to the college level.

"The mixed-race profile came as a surprise," said Beck.

"Vulnerabilities in terms of race exist and are complex things to explain."

As for the college graduate factor, Beck noted that separate statistics show crime is relatively less prevalent among people with high levels of education, suggesting they are less likely to previously have been in jail.

"They may be less experienced inmates," he said.

The profiles of the predators also could surprise some: while the victim reports showed more than half were prison staff, a significant number of that group included women guards on male inmates.

According to the report, nearly 62 per cent of all reported incidents of staff sexual misconduct involved female staff with male inmates; eight per cent involved male staff with female inmates.
The study, which involved 24,700 inmates, is required under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act. It follows a similar study, released in December, that showed 4.5 per cent of inmates surveyed in state and federal prisons reported sexual victimization.

There are 780,000 inmates in jails across the United States, many awaiting sentencing for moderate to serious crimes, or serving short sentences. According to the latest study, women and homosexuals reported markedly above-average levels of victimization.

"What women report is more likely to be the unwanted grabbing, groping, touching abuse, as opposed to sexual acts that involve penetration," said Beck.

Of female inmates surveyed, 5.1 percent reported sexual victimization; 18.5 per cent of inmates describing themselves as homosexual reported being victimized sexually. The corresponding percentages for mixed race and college-educated victims were 4.1 and 4.6.

Wisconsin prison guard charged with sexual misconduct

Christine Killoran-Pulver, 45, of Portage, Wi was charged with having sex with an inmate and providing him with sodas, snacks, and magazines during his stay at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Columbia County, Wisconsin. The 8 year veteran, who worked as a relief officer in the prison, was charged after an internal investigation for a policy violation led to an investigation by the Columbia County Sheriff's office, according to Detective Sgt. Daniel Garrigan of the Columbia County Sheriff's Department.

The investigation revealed that Killoran-Pulver had sexual contact with an inmate, first at CCI in Portage and continuing at Waupun Correctional Institution after the inmate was transferred, Garrigan said.

"She continued to communicate with this one inmate in code," arranging meetings with him, Garrigan said.

Garrigan also went on the record as stating that all sexual encounters with guards and inmates are considered to be sexual assault, and that rule is "Corrections 101."

"Based on the law, consent is impossible because of the power that guards have over inmates. There is no such thing as 'consensual sex' in this situation. Her actions give a bad name to corrections officers and law enforcement in general."

Killoran-Pulver is not accused of forcing the inmate to perform the sex acts, but Wisconsin law does not allow a prisoner to give consent to a prison staff member to have sexual relations. The laws are similar to those that handle consensual sexual encounters between adults and children.
Killoran-Pulver also brought items such as magazines, soda, popcorn and potato chips to the inmate, he said. Such activities are illegal and can jeopardize the security of the prison, he said.
"Someone showing special treatment for one inmate — it can cause all kinds of problems," Garrigan said.

Department of Corrections public information director John Dipko said that Killoran-Pulver was placed on administrative leave Monday, the day before the charges, and that she was the second CCI employee to be charged with sexual misconduct with inmates.

Cafeteria worker Christine Wodill, 42, of Beaver Dam, was sentenced to two years of probation after she pleaded no contest in November to a lesser charge of delivering tobacco to an inmate; a charge of sexual assault by correctional staff was dismissed. She was accused of sexually assaulting an inmate between March and August 2007, allegedly in the freezer at the prison.

Such misconduct is rare, Dipko said, considering the number of employees at the prison.
"Each instance is not reflective of the professionalism of the vast majority of the staff," he said. CCI employs more than 350 people, including 161 corrections officers, he said.

The incidents will prompt a review of policies and procedures within the prison, Dipko said.
"Any time an incident happens involving a staff member, we take a thorough look internally to see what, if anything, can be done," he said.

Garrigan said Killoran-Pulver's alleged actions were "unprofessional."

"She just fell victim to foolishness (and) let herself get complacent," he said.

She will make her initial appearance in court this week, he said.

Killoran-Pulver's official charges are second-degree sexual assault of an inmate, delivery of articles to inmates and misconduct in public office.

Female employee of halfway house gets off due to technicality

A woman had charges dismissed for having sex with a resident in a halfway house because the sexual misconduct occurred outside the detention facility, and the law said that the sex had to occur within the facility. US District Judge Dale Kimball said that the requirement of sex within the facility made in impossible for charges to stick against Ashley Ford, a hall monitor at a federal halfway house.

Ford allegedly had sex with a work release inmate from the Cornell Community Corrections Center in South Salt Lake in her apartment while she was off duty. She met the resident at a party in October 2006, a month before she was hired as a hall monitor at the facility. Sexual contact, which always occurred at Ford’s apartment, occurred twice, and led to a pregnancy.

Arguing against the dismissal, prosecutor Trina Higgins said the resident was allowed to bring alcohol into Cornell and hold parties there on Saturday nights during his relationship with Ford.

In addition, the resident tried to force Ford to have an abortion and claimed she wrote bogus disciplinary reports about him because she was jealous of his relationships with other women, Higgins said. A federal grand jury indicted Ford last September on a count of sexual misconduct with a ward in a federal institution.

In a motion to dismiss, defense attorney Edward Montgomery argued that Ford had the same status as any other citizen when she was off duty and did not have any custodial authority over the resident. In addition, he said the sex occurred outside the facility, which provides monitoring of pre-trial defendants and helps those who are finishing their sentences prepare to go back into society.

Melodie Rydalch, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said the office is reviewing Kimball's ruling.

The resident was sentenced to 46 months in prison for weapons charges. In other states, cases regarding teachers and students have withstood appeal, despite arguments that the teacher/student relationship ended when school ended.

Woman prison guard charged with sexual assault of inmate

Questions about cell phone use by a teenage inmate at an Arkansas juvenile detention facility have led to charges of 3rd degree sexual assault against a nurse who started work at the center in February. Krista Moser, 38, was arrested after officials at the Alexander youth center in Bryant, AR discovered an alleged sexual relationship.

Any professional or custodial sexual relationship between a professional and an adult patient is defined as 3rd degree sexual assault in Arkansas. (If the victim is a minor, the crime rises to 1st degree sexual assault.)

"This is a very serious crime. These inmates are out there being rehabilitated. Then you throw something like this on top of it. It causes more issues with the inmates," said Sgt. Harold Edmonson with the Bryant Police Department.

According to the police report, the center started an investigation when the inmate was found with a cell phone. The inmate told investigators Moser gave it to him. During that interview he also told him the two had a relationship that started back in March."They had bonded. She had been having problems at home apparently and she was exchanging that with him and they became close friends," said Edmonson.

According to the inmate, the activity led to “consensual” sexual activity between himself and Moser on May 4th. Because no force was used, Moser isn’t being charged with rape. 3rd degree sexual assault in Arkansas carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Last year, an Arkansas prison psychologist who had violated rules against being overly familiar with patients was sentenced to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine for sex with an inmate.

5-14-126. Sexual assault in the third degree.

(a)(1) A person commits sexual assault in the third degree if the person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person, not the person's spouse, and the person:

(A) Is employed with the Department of Correction, Department of Community Correction, Department of Human Services, or any city or county jail, and the victim is in the custody of the Department of Correction, Department of Community Correction, Department of Health and Human Services, or any city or county jail; or

(B) Is a professional under § 12-12-507(b) or a member of the clergy and is in a position of trust or authority over the victim and uses the position to engage in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity.

(2)(A) A person commits sexual assault in the third degree if the person being under eighteen (18) years of age engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person not the person's spouse who is less than fourteen (14) years of age.

(B) It is an affirmative defense under subdivision (a)(2) of this section that the person was not more than three (3) years older than the victim.

(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the victim consented to the conduct.

(c) Sexual assault in the third degree is a Class C felony.

History. Acts 2001, No. 1738, § 4; 2003, No. 1324, § 1.

Prison guard loses appeal against 20 to 40 year sentence

Douglas Tower, 63, a former New Hampshire correctional guard at the Shea Farm halfway house in Concord, lost an appeal against his 20 to 40 year sentence for raping an inmate there. The appeal was based on the argument that New Hampshire prosecutors showed a conflict of interest when prosecuting Tower but defending themselves against civil lawsuits - lawsuits filed by 11 prisoners and a guard who were harassed and raped by Tower. The state is paying a $1.9 million dollar settlement reached in March.

Lothstein also argued that that conflict should have justified quashing the indictments against Tower before going to trial.

The state disputed any conflict, saying the civil suit did not exist when it first indicted Tower. Plus, the state said, it created walls between the civil and criminal bureaus to avoid a conflict or influence between the cases.

In its unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court said it could not consider Lothstein's argument, which cited the state's Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers, because that was not the same argument made previously to Tower's trial judge.

The court requires that appeal issues be "preserved," meaning raised at the trial stage first so the trial judge has a chance to resolve them.

The justices found that Tower's trial lawyers had argued a conflict of interest at the lower level but did so by citing state and federal constitutional grounds, not the rules of conflict.

Lothstein has 10 days from the date of the order to ask the court to reconsider.

Tower faces a trial for the rapes of 11 other inmates, and was also convicted for the simple assault of a second female inmate.

Guard charged in serial sexual abuse of inmates borrows money from county for attorney

Fond Du Lac county is fronting money to a prison guard at Taycheedah Correctional Institution to pay for an attorney to represent him. Jimmie L. Brown, 36, of Oshkosh, WI, appeared in court for an indigency hearing. He faces 13 counts of second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff for sexual encounters with five women. A sixth woman has also came forward with allegations of rape and sexual abuse. Bail is set at $50,000.

Brown is accused of having sex or sexual contact with the inmates several times between last summer and April 10, and is accused of raping one of the women, according to the complaint. Under Wisconsin statue, prison staff members are not allowed to have sexual contact with inmates.

Brown worked as a correctional officer at TCI from June 23, 2007, until April 17 when he was placed on unpaid administrative leave, said TCI Warden Cathy Jess. During a hearing Thursday, Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Dale English ruled that due to Brown’s current financial situation, he qualified for a court-appointed attorney.

The county would front the money for the attorney and Brown would be required to pay the county back, O’Rourke said. Brown explained his situation to the court during the hearing, saying he is currently separated from his wife, rents an apartment, was “living paycheck to paycheck” prior to his arrest and planning to file for bankruptcy.

He told the court every attorney he contacted in the past month wanted $15,000 to $20,000 to represent him in the highly publicized case. “No one wants to touch this,” Brown said. Brown said the assets he had would not cover court costs. He said he wasn’t sure if he’d have access to money in his state retirement plan — and if the money there would be enough.

The preliminary hearing, scheduled for May 9, was pushed back to June 20, so Brown's attorney, William Mayer could prepare.

Woman prison guard arrested for encounter with inmate

Tashala C. Johnson-Ashley, 33, a former Muskogee County Prison correctional officer, has been charged with sexual assault against a person in custody and violation of oath by a public officer after a sexual encounter with an inmate. She was arrested early Tuesday morning.

Johnson-Ashley, who had been with the Muscogee County Prison for eight months, is accused of having contact with an inmate around April 5 while she was off duty and he was on a landscaping work detail, said Muscogee County Sheriff's Maj. Troy Culpepper and prison Warden William Adamson.

She appeared in Municipal Court Tuesday morning and made her $2,000 bond that afternoon.
The warden said Johnson-Ashley had fallen in love with an inmate.

"She let those feelings evolve to a point that was totally unacceptable," Adamson said. "He's certainly not on a work detail in this city."

Adamson heard rumors about the encounter and started an investigation April 11. Johnson-Ashley was supposed to speak to investigators around April 23, but resigned instead.

Culpepeer said about the results of the investigation, "Our investigation concluded that she had inappropriate sexual contact with an inmate on a detail outside of the work camp."

Jailer allegedly rapes female inmate, free on $5000 bond

A city jailer in Warrensville Heights, OH is accused of the rape of a woman who is serving 27 days in jail. George Sims, 27 entered a plea of not guilty during his 1st court appearance yesterday in Bedford. The incident occurred around 9 AM April 28, and the jailer was himself behind bars before release on $5000 bond.

While in her cell, around nine o'clock that morning, the victim's husband says she was sexually assaulted by the jailer. The victim said the jailer told her to be quiet, pulled down her pants and forced himself on her. She says there are no cameras in the cells, but there are cameras in the hallways.She says you'll be able to see him walking into her cell uninvited.

After the incident, the victim called her husband, who reported the incident. Ironically, the woman was in jail for a domestic violence conviction. The Warrenville Heights Police's Internal Affairs Division investigated, and placed the jailer on administrative leave. The woman was the only inmate in the jail's women's division, which is located separately from the men's division. The jailer is not a commissioned police officer.

Sims' father-in-law, Pastor Willie Henry was at court."I know that it is not true. This is an attack from the enemy we'll call Satan himself . It's just not true he is not that kind of man," Pastor Henry said of his son-in-law.

The charges go to a grand jury, where they could be reduced to sexual battery from rape. Sexual battery carries a maximum sentence a decade less than a rape charge.

Guard-inmate sex leads to official misconduct charges

(Originally Posted 12-1-07)

An ex-guard at the Milwaukee County Jail has been charged with misconduct in office after having a sexual relationship with an inmate awiating trial for murder charges.

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal (my hometown paper;)

Cindy A. Bartoshevich, 31, faces up to 3 1/2 years in prison. She is accused of having an affair with Michael Carroll, the aftermath of which saw Bartoshevich resign after Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. moved to fire her. According to the criminal complaint, Bartoshevich used her maiden name of Chojnacki to post bail for Carroll at one point and, at other times, used the alias "Penny Berlin" to send him money while in jail.

Other actions taken to further the relationship include buying Carroll $1100 worth of phone minutes. Bartoshevich was released on a $10000 recognisance bond, and ordered not to have any contact with Carroll, who is also a Latin Kings gang member.

Reference:

Ex-guard charged with misconduct

(Update 4-17-08)

Bartoshevich was sentenced to probation after a lengthy explanation (with some justification thrown in perhaps?) by Milwaukee County Judge Micheal Moroney.

"When Michael Carroll approached me for the first time, I was in a bad situation. I was in a marriage that was falling apart for years and I was finally at my wits end as far as that was concerned," she said.

Bartovshevich also explained that she was diagnosed with cancer recently.

"When the doctor told me the lump on my head was cancer, I cried for two days and thought, yeah, my life can't get worse," Bartoshevich said.

Supervisor convicted of coercing women into sex

A supervisor over inmates in a California work release program was convicted Tuesday of coercing six of his workers into sex.

Frank Martin Bojorquez Jr., 55, of Orange faces up to 33 years in prison for the six felonies and five misdemeanors at his sentencing May 30 at 9 a.m., according to the District Attorney's office.
Between Oct. 1, 2004, and Dec. 10, 2005, Bojorquez used his position supervising inmates in the Community Work Program to coerce six of the women into having sex with him.

He used positions in secluded areas of the animal pound to get his victims alone, and the power he had over them came as a result of his ability to send them back to prison for poor job performance.

The six women who came forward with their stories of victimization did so independantly. He will be sentenced May 30.