Three girls guards at Britain’s largest jail have been jailed for flings with inmates – and 500 workers are getting coaching to sort out the issue.
Shamed jail workers Jennifer Gavan, 27, Ayshea Gunn, 27, and Emily Watson, 26, have all been jailed throughout the final three years for sparking relationships with prisoners.
The key affairs occurred at £250 million tremendous jail HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, North Wales, which homes Class C grownup male offenders.
Employees on the jail have now been present process coaching in a bid to sort out corruption on the 2,100-capacity jail.
Jail officer Ayshea Gunn, pictured proper kissing inmate Khuram Razaq inside his cell at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, North Wales, was jailed for the affair
Jail officer Ayshea Gunn, left, was jailed for one yr at Mould Crown Court docket in 2019 after having an affair with harmful legal Khuram Razaq, proper, at HMP Berwyn in North Wales
It comes after Gavan was jailed for eight months in December after smuggling a cell phone behind bars for prisoner Alex Coxon, 25.
A court docket heard she despatched pictures of herself to the inmate on Snapchat and kissed him throughout the relationship between April and July 2020.
Gavan, of Llay, Wrexham, pleaded responsible to misconduct in public at Mould Crown Court docket after she accepted £150 to usher in the cell phone.
Decide Niclas Parry mentioned: ‘I specific my shock that workers at HMP Berwyn are writing in assist of her and are important of different workers at Berwyn.
‘That may be a matter I believe must be delivered to the eye of the authorities on the jail.’
Ex jail officer Jennifer Gavan, left, was jailed for eight months after she smuggled a cell phone into the jail for her lover Alex Coxon, proper. She despatched Coxon intimate messages and images over Snapchat
Emily Watson, left, was jailed for one yr after she carried out a intercourse act on inmate John McGee
The connection got here only one yr after fellow officer Ayshea Gunn, 27, had a fling with ‘harmful’ inmate Khuram Razaq, 29.
The criminology and psychology graduate made numberous sexual cellphone calls to Razaq whereas he was serving a 12 yr sentence for conspiracy to rob.
A search of Gunn’s bed room revelaed snaps of the pair kissing and hugging additionally with cell phone picutres taken in his cell.
A court docket heard Gunn additionally smuggled in a pair of knickers for the prisoner inside her bra.
She was jailed for one yr at Mould Crown Court docket in 2019.
Fellow officer Emily Watson, 26, was jailed for one yr on the identical court docket for performing a intercourse act on an inmate in his cell.
Watson spent a lot time with John McGee on the jail that workers quickly turned suspicious and launched an investigation.
Mould Crown Court docket heard they’d been alone collectively in his cell on three events, when she carried out a intercourse act on him twice and had intercourse as soon as.
Watson, of Huddersfield, was jailed for one yr in April 2019.
Watson, pictured in handcuffs being led away to jail to serve her 12-month sentence handed down at Mould Crown Court docket
Fellow workers received suspicious of Watson, pictured, over the period of time she spent in McGee’s cell
HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, North Wales is a Class C jail which might home as much as 2,100 inmates
The Jail Service mentioned the newest unbiased inspection into HMP Berwyn discovered safety preparations have been good.
Jail workers are being vetted each ten years and the service is piloting social media checks for some ‘increased danger’ roles similar to jail officers.
Enhanced gate safety has additionally been launched to assist sort out in opposition to any workers who would possibly try to smuggle illicit gadgets behind bars.
A Jail Service spokesman mentioned: ‘The overwhelming majority of Jail Service workers are hardworking and devoted and we won’t hesitate to punish those that break the foundations.
‘Over 500 members of workers at HMP Berwyn have undertaken corruption prevention coaching within the final 18 months and our enhanced safety is defending the jail in opposition to makes an attempt to smuggle illicit gadgets inside.’
