Female prison guard had phone sex with inmate, flooded his mom with 900 messages to keep tryst going

A female prison guard had phone sex with an inmate and flooded his mom with 900 messages to keep the relationship going, a court in the UK has heard.Megann Gibson, 26, also allowed the unidentified convict into restricted areas of the prison and visited his home address, prosecutors told the judge at Leeds Crown Court in West Yorkshire, northwest England.Gibson, who pleaded guilty to misconduct in public and possession of cannabis, will be sentenced in August and has been warned she faces a prison sentence, The Telegraph reported.She engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with the inmate, including having “sexual communications via telephone,” while she was working at HM Prison Wealstun in West Yorkshire, according to the charges against her.She also texted the inmate’s mother more than 900 times, reportedly in a bid to stay in contact with him.Gibson was undergoing assessment for mental health conditions, including PTSD, linked to a previous relationship, at the time of her fling with the inmate; her plea hearing was told.She was released on unconditional bail but warned that her offense was a “serious matter” by the judge.“You may well be serving a prison sentence,” the judge told Gibson, who lives with her mom and sister in a Leeds suburb.Gibson has been suspended by Wealstun, a Category C prison that houses lower-risk inmates.She is the latest female prison guard in the UK to be dismissed over a relationship with an inmate.At least 29 female prison guards have lost their jobs in the past three years over improper liaisons with convicts.That compares to just nine women who were fired for the same offense between 2017 and 2019.Last month, Isabelle Dale, 23, was accused of having sexual relationships with two inmates at the same time and plotting with them to smuggle drugs into the high-security prison in Kent, southeast of London.Katerina Tatus was suspended in March for allegedly having an “inappropriate relationship” with an inmate ...