Tennessee corrections deputy accused of having sex with inmate

Authorities in Tennessee on Tuesday charged a corrections deputy who allegedly had intercourse with an inmate. In accordance with the Memphis Business Attraction, the suspect, recognized as Akira Jones, was with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Workplace.

She is alleged to have engaged in sexual activity with an inmate on the Shelby County Jail. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Workplace in an announcement mentioned that in December final yr, they acquired a criticism a few corrections deputy allegedly having intercourse with an inmate within the facility. 

Deputy Jones was in the end recognized because the suspect after an investigation was launched, the assertion mentioned, including that the suspect was “instantly positioned on administrative depart.” 

“The Sheriff’s Workplace notified the District Legal professional’s Workplace, and Sheriff’s investigators labored to carry the case earlier than a grand jury for indictment,” the assertion mentioned. Jones, who was employed in Could 2023, was arrested and charged with Sexual Contact with Prisoners.

“The Shelby County Sheriff’s Workplace instructs all personnel, at rent and at in-service, that sexual contact between an officer and detainee is a prison act that may result in prosecution and termination,” the assertion mentioned. 

“It’s forbidden by legislation and coverage. The SCSO is not going to tolerate the misconduct of any worker and can proceed to carry our workers accountable to the very best moral requirements to make sure our public’s belief.”

She has since been fired after being initially positioned on administrative depart with out pay. 

Earlier this yr, Face2Face Africa reported {that a} grand jury in Lengthy Island had indicted a former jail nurse who allegedly had a secret relationship with an inmate and organized to get him a ceramic knife whereas he was being held on the Nassau County Correctional Heart.

48-year-old Yasmin Talbot’s place on the Nassau County Correctional Heart was mentioned to be the second highest. The inmate Talbot was accused of getting a secret relationship with was recognized as 37-year-old Christopher Wright. Talbot tendered her resignation in September after she was suspended in August. That was after an investigation was launched. She, nonetheless, later received a job at a nursing house, and he or she was arrested on January 3.