A female prison food worker was let go after she was caught having sex with an inmate inside a walk-in cooler in a Michigan prison.
The intimate encounter took place at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson.
The Trinity Services Group employee was fired Wednesday for “familiarity” and she could face rape charges for having an intimate encounter with a person in custody.
“Prisoners have no ability under the law to consent to sexual contact,” Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz told the Detroit Free Press.
“The individual was immediately removed from the facility and will no longer be allowed to work at the prison,” he said.
The 40-year-old inmate is serving a 5- to 15-year sentence for robbery, according to the newspaper.
Gautz said the employee’s actions were “serious and completely unacceptable” because it “jeopardizes the safety of the prisoner, our staff and the security of the facility.”
Another prison employee was dismissed in September for kissing an inmate in the same kitchen cooler.
