A RECORD number of female prison officers were sacked last year for having affairs with male inmates. A total of 18 were given the boot in 2024-25 — bringing the number in the past five years to ...

A female prison officer who became pregnant with an inmate's baby after starting a relationship with him while he was on overnight release has avoided jail. Sarah Barnett, 33, who worked as a member ...

A record 18 female prison officers were dismissed in 2025 for having illicit relationships with prisoners, according to the Ministry of Justice. The figure was disclosed to The Sun following a ...

A four-year investigation into sexual abuse at York Correctional Institution found that the Department of Correction failed to protect women in custody with mental illness from sexual abuse by ...

One officer was "literally praying" to have a prisoner's baby.