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A number of prison officers have been accused of romping with inmates in recent years.
Many of the rogue jail staff have gone to impressive lengths to keep their affairs secret, from using second phones to allegedly cutting holes in their trousers for “easy access”. One even became pregnant by her lag lover.
Here we round up some of the biggest cases.
Stephanie Smithwhite
Smithwhite, 44, met drug kingpin Curtis Warren, 60, at HMP Frankland. They had a six-month relationship during which time Smithwhite was meant to be responsible for Warren’s security and supervision.
The pair became infatuated with each other and Smithwhite got a tattoo of Warren’s name. She even allegedly cut a hole in her trousers for easy access whenever the pair felt like an X-rated rendezvous. Smithwhite was jailed for two years in February 2020.
Kerianne Stephens
Stephens, 28, became pregnant after she engaged in an affair with convicted murderer Louis Tate at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey. The pair exchanged phone calls and texts via an illegally-held phone in Tate’s cell.
Stephens gave birth to a daughter in June 2019. She pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office at the category B jail between September 1, 2018 and January 8, 2019, but was spared jail.
Shania Begum
Begum is the latest prison officer officer to receive a custodial sentence over an X-rated lock-up affair. The HMP Birmingham employee was caught having sex with Joshua Mullings in a store cupboard at the jail, the Daily Star previously reported.
A camera was installed in the cupboard after suspicion was aroused. The pair were then recorded flirting, “heavy petting” and, eventually, having sexual intercourse.
Begum even ignored her work radio while she was with the lag and on one occasion was interrupted by a colleague. The 25-year-old, of Hurleybrook Way in Telford, was handed a 16-month jail sentence on Thursday (January 11).
Lauren McIntyre
McIntyre, 32, struck up a sexual relationship with Andrew Roberts while he was serving time for the murder of his girlfriend and their baby daughter.
Roberts was jailed for life in 2003 after he killed 23-year-old Louise L’Homme and 10-month-old Tia. It wasn’t until 2018 he and McIntyre began their affair in a prison on the Isle of Wight.
McIntyre gave the lag the mobile number of another prison officer, knowing he intended to assault him after she also had an affair with him. In 2021 McIntyre was handed a three-year sentence.