Inside lives of three women guards who were jailed for secret affairs with inmates – including babies and new careers
THREE female prison officers jailed for trysts with inmates have moved on with their lives with new babies and a fresh career.
Jennifer Gavan, 27, Ayshea Gunn, 27, and Emily Watson, 26, all started relationships with lags at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, North Wales.
The disgraced trio were banged up within the last three years with around 500 staff at the Category C jail forced to undergo training.
Gavan, 27, was jailed for eight months in December after smuggling a mobile phone behind bars for prisoner Alex Coxon, 25.
Her partner and dad to their baby son is supporting the mum as she serves time in prison, reports.
The couple got together around a year after Gavan sent photos of herself to Coxon on Snapchat and kissed him.
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On December 23, her partner shared a photo of their son and wrote: "Christmas won't be the same this year but we will make it as good as we can little man. We love you mummy."
Gavan's prison fling came just one year after fellow officer Ayshea Gunn, 27, bedded “dangerous” inmate Khuram Razaq, 29.
She made numerous sexual phone calls to Razaq while he was serving a 12-year sentence for conspiracy to rob.
The criminology and psychology graduate kept snaps of the pair kissing and hugging along with pictures taken in his cell.
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Gunn, who also smuggled in a pair of knickers for her jail beau, was jailed for a year in 2019 at Mold Crown Court.
She has now reportedly embarked on a new career with a fashion company in Llangollen.
The ex-screw lives alone in a modern top-floor flat with her pet pooch.
She told the publication she has moved on, adding: "It's annoying this has all been dragged up again because another female guard has been jailed for the same offence.
"I didn't know her [Jennifer Gavan]. We never worked together."
Fellow officer Emily Watson, 26, was also jailed for one year in 2019 for performing a sex act on an inmate in his cell.
Suspicions grew among her colleagues after they noticed Watson was spending so much time with John McGee in his cell.
The pair had been alone together in his cell on three occasions where she performed a sex act on him twice and had sex once.
Watson has recently given birth to a baby with a new partner but has declined to comment on the case.
A relative told the website: "Emily knows she did was wrong and has accepted that. It was devastating the way things turned out.
"But she's had a baby girl now and she's her priority now. She just wants to look after her baby and get on with her new life.
"Emily has moved on with her life and wants to put everything behind her. She doesn't even know the last woman at the prison. That is her old life."
The Prison Service said the most recent independent inspection into HMP Berwyn found security arrangements were good.
Jail staff are being vetted every ten years and the service is piloting social media checks for some “higher risk” roles such as prison officers.
Enhanced gate security has also been introduced to help tackle any staff who might attempt to smuggle illicit items behind bars.
A Prison Service spokesman said: “The overwhelming majority of Prison Service staff are hardworking and dedicated and we will not hesitate to punish those who break the rules.
"Over 500 members of staff at HMP Berwyn have undertaken corruption prevention training in the last 18 months and our enhanced security is protecting the prison against attempts to smuggle illicit items inside.”
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