Prison officer admits relationship with inmate

A female prison officer has admitted having a sexual relationship with an inmate.

Jahvine Kwamba, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday at Leicester Crown Court to two counts of misconduct in judicial or public office, and a charge of transmitting an image and sound from prison without authority.

The court heard that between 25 February 2024 and 3 June 2024, she engaged in a sexual relationship with an unnamed prisoner at HMP Fosse Way, in Leicestershire, and accepted money from relatives of a serving prisoner between 18 March 2024 and 3 June 2024.

Kwamba, of Old Hall Crescent, Doncaster, is due to be sentenced on 17 April at Leicester Crown Court.

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