Woman's Own

IN LOVE WITH AN INMATE

Love can be found in the most unlikely of places. Down the aisles of a supermarket, on a busy train, in your local coffee shop -
the list is endless. Meeting at work isn’t unheard of either, but what about when your workplace is a prison? Recently the headlines have been dominated by the spate of female prison officers engaging in romantic relationships with inmates, with experts blaming lack of training and poor recruitment processes. At one prison, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, an astonishing 18 female members of staff were dismissed this year for inappropriate relationships with prisoners, with the prison

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