A supervisor at the Roanne (Loire) penitentiary center who had given a mobile phone to a prisoner, with whom she was in love, was sentenced Tuesday evening to a definitive ban from exercising this profession.
Gifts for Christmas and Valentine's Day
This 41-year-old woman, "who had a very good record of service in the Prison Administration where she had been in office for 17 years, was also sentenced to a 2,000 euros suspended fine", told AFP on Wednesday the Roanne prosecutor's office, confirming information from the regional daily Le Progrès .
In March, she was suspended from her duties and placed under judicial supervision for having provided, out of love, a cell phone to an inmate with whom she said she wanted to "stay in touch". Besides this device and SIM cards, she had also illegally handed him clothes and food on Christmas and Valentine's Day.
A three-month prison sentence
The 35-year-old man she is in love with has been convicted three times by an assize court and is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for murder. The Roanne Criminal Court imposed a three-month prison sentence on him for concealing the gifts received.
The defendant had been denounced by her husband, with whom she is in the process of divorce, also a supervisor in the same prison.