HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – A judge has sentenced a former Oregon jail worker to four years in prison for having sex with an inmate in a supply closet.
The Washington County prosecutor said that when a sheriff’s deputy went to lunch, jail services technician Jill Curry was alone in the maximum-security unit.
The prosecution alleged she pressed a button to unlock the inmate’s cell and then met him in the closet on 13 occasions.
The Oregonian reports Curry pleaded guilty last month to custodial sexual misconduct and other charges.
In tears, she apologized Monday.
A probation officer who did a pre-sentence investigation recommended a two-year sentence.
But Judge Charles Bailey accepted the recommendation from prosecutors for a four-year term.
The judge rejected the claim that the 25-year-old inmate, a gang member, seduced Curry.