Published:
19 Apr 2021 03:31 GMT
The relationship with an inmate convicted of armed robbery began in 2019, when Scarlett Aldrich, now 22, worked in a British maximum-security prison.
A British prison officer had a romantic relationship with an inmate who cost her a 10-month sentence this week, local media reports. A tattoo that the woman with the prisoner’s cell number wore was the clue that revealed their relationship.
Scarlett Aldrich, now 22, was working in HMP Full Sutton maximum security prison near York in 2019 when she began her relationship with an inmate convicted of armed robbery, identified only as ‘Jones’.
Aldrich, whose mother and stepfather are police officers, was first seen with Jones in the prison workshop in August 2019. smuggled a cell phone and a SIM card for the prisoner so he could contact her.
Aldrich’s behavior with the inmate was described as “flirtatious,” said prosecutor Ayman Khokar, who said other inmates had commented on the “closeness between the two.” An Aldrich colleague warned him of the dangers of his behavior, but the officer ignored him.
Initially, Aldrich denied his relationship with Jones to the police. Later, prison staff found love letters in the prisoner’s cell, one of which contained an image of a tattoo with his cell number. During a medical check-up of Aldrich, the same tattoo was discovered on the upper part of his left thigh.
The young woman admitted she had been charged with misconduct in public office and smuggled a cell phone and a SIM card into prison.
Judge John Thackray QC stated that his actions “threatened prison securityand recalled that the woman developed a close relationship with a prisoner, despite having received training on “the obvious dangers” of this.
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