Our thanks to Jeff for this. Extracts:

“A former prison officer has been jailed for having romantic relationships with two inmates and plotting to smuggle drug-soaked envelopes into prison.

Isabelle Dale swore her “undying love” to prisoners Shahid Sharif and Connor Money while working at HMP Coldingley in Surrey, said a judge.

The 23-year-old had sex with convicted robber Sharif in the prison’s chapel area, her trial heard…

Sentencing the three on Tuesday at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Christopher Hehir called Dale a “thoroughly devious and untruthful and manipulative young woman”.

He said he accepted she had “some vulnerabilities”, but she had tried to use them as a “shield and an excuse” for her actions.

The judge added that he suspected she had “joined the prison service with a view to becoming involved in criminal activities with prisoners”.

“She wanted to do it,” he said. “She’s attention seeking.”… [J4MB: At last, a judge with common sense. He probably won’t be allowed to judge similar cases in future.]

Dale – who was found to have Sharif’s street name tattooed on her neck – resigned as a prison officer before she was arrested on her sixth visit.

The court heard Dale also conveyed sensitive information to Money, with whom she also had an intimate relationship.”

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