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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Low morale and manipulation: why prison officers are having relationships with inmates

Kerri Pegg using a mobile phone
Kerri Pegg, the former governor of HMP Kirkham, arrives at Preston crown court. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

As the former prison governor Kerri Pegg begins a stretch behind bars, marking the spectacular fall from grace of a woman once seen as a “rising star” within the service, she becomes the latest in an increasing number of corrupt staff experiencing the other side of a jail cell.

On Friday, Pegg, 42, was given a nine-year jail sentence for misconduct in a public office, after she entered into an inappropriate relationship with one of her prisoners, a convicted drugs boss.

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