A British prison officer could be headed for her own cell after recently fessing up to a month-long inappropriate relationship with an inmate, according to a report.
Megan Breen, 23, made the shocking admission in a Welsh court, becoming the latest of more than a dozen UK prison workers charged with similar conduct in recent years, the Telegraph reported.
Breen initially denied the allegations before owning up to the affair, while the prisoner involved remains unnamed.
Exactly what happened between Breen and the inmate remains unclear.
But their relationship was carried out between February and May 2022, while Breen was working at two South Wales prisons — HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed.
Prescoed is a minimum security prison, according to the Telegraph, while Usk is a tighter security facility that houses the likes of sex offenders.
It also remains unclear which prison the relationship happened at.
“While acting as a public officer, namely a prison officer, willfully and without reasonable excuse or justification, [you] misconducted yourself in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust in the office holder by having a relationship with a prisoner,” Breen’s charges read.
She was released on bail until her sentencing next month.
“All sentencing options” are on the table, Judge Carl Harrison ahead of her release.
Exactly how much time she faces remains unclear, but people convicted of misconduct in a public office in the UK can be sentenced to life in prison.
Breen is only the latest UK prison worker to be caught canoodling with an inmate in the past few years.
At least 19 prison staffers were charged with inappropriate conduct between 2023 and 2024, according to the UK Ministry of Justice.
Some of their sentences — for charges including having sex with inmates, or transferring money on an inmate’s behalf — were 12 to 21 month prison terms, the Mirror reported.
