Thirty-one policewomen had illegal relationships with prisoners for five or six years.
Officials sat idly by, and similar incidents gradually became unspoken rules, and the prison was rated as "the most comfortable prison in the UK".
Why is there such a big sex scandal in the UK's biggest prison at a cost of £212 million?
Why did policewomen fall prey to prisoners?
Policewoman falls in love?
Emily Watson graduated in Criminal Psychology at the age of 27 and became a prison officer at HMP Berwyn Prison in 2017.
In the process of work, she meets John McGee, a drug dealer, and in the process of management, Emily develops a crush on John, who is lonely and unbearable in prison every day, and has nowhere to vent his energy.
The two of them caught fire at one point, and then they had a relationship in a single room in the prison.
After this crossing, the two became more and more arrogant, and Emily used her position to bring John a cell phone.
The two exchanged nude photos on their mobile phones every day, and the conversations were full of sexual innuendo, and Emily went to John's cell alone three times before and after and had sex.
A similar situation happened with Aysher Gunn and the felon, Kuram Razak.
In five months, the two used their mobile phones to communicate thousands of times, the two exchanged sexy photos, and took videos of live sports.
Ai Sheer even rinsed out the "couple photo" of the two kissing and put it at the head of the bed in her bedroom, which also became evidence that she was sued by the court.
In the end, the two paid the price for their impulsiveness, and Isher was sentenced to 12 months in prison, and Zack's sentence was extended by 8 months, and Ashie cried in court that he was too confused to be emotionally attached to the prisoner.
Not only did Ayche have feelings for the prisoners, she was even married and had children.
But even after Ai Sheer was in prison, her husband remained with her, and after Ai Sheer was released from prison, she even had the opportunity to enter the fashion field.
Situations like this have happened more than thirty times in the last few years.
Prisoner Male Colored Confusion?
The people in prison are undoubtedly veterans of the rivers and lakes, and in the face of young policewomen who have just entered society, they are all eyeing each other and trying their best to use them to achieve their own goals.
Sometimes sex is not what the inmates are pursuing, and after they have the physical and trust of the policewoman, they can bypass the prison regulations and bring contraband into the prison.
Such as drugs, mobile phones, tobacco and alcohol, tools, etc.
The prisoners achieve their goals by eavesdropping on the privacy of the policewomen, flirting with the policewomen appropriately, and luring the policewomen to let down their guards and clothes.
A policewoman who has been working in the prison for 7 years said: "I always remind novices not to talk about their private lives, not to communicate too much with prisoners, and not to cross the bottom line of morality and the rule of law.
The prisoners seem to be the weaker side in the prison, and the prison guards have power.
But once they grasp the weakness of the policewoman, there is a good chance that the situation will be reversed and thus the policewoman will be controlled in their own hands.
What are the government recruitment criteria?
Under the British Prisons Act 1823, women's prisons were run entirely by female staff, while men's prisons were run by men.
However, since the 80s of the last century, the rule that men's prisons must be run by male staff has been abolished, and a large number of women have poured into men's prisons, the proportion of which once reached 40%.
In recent years, however, restrictions on women's access to men's prisons have been eased again, lowering the entry age from a minimum of 21 to a minimum of 18.
Imagine what it would be like for a little girl who is only 1.6 meters tall and only 18 years old to manage a prison for felons in their thirties and forties.
In addition, the profession of prison service is generally not valued, and many female police officers who come to work in prisons only use this job as a transition, and if there are opportunities in other professions, they may quickly change careers, let alone respect for the profession.
Vanessa Frey, a former prison warden who has worked in the prison system for 27 years, said.
Prison guards are highly mobile, and people who have been working for 18 months are already the most experienced people in the team, making decisions and taking responsibility for the actions of the whole team, "which is insane".
Although the lifting of gender restrictions in men's prisons has increased employment opportunities for women, blindly removing gender restrictions will harm women themselves.
Prison management loopholes?
HMP Berwyn is the largest prison in the UK and has been dubbed "the most comfortable prison in the UK" by the media.
Unlike the usual prisons, 70% of the people here live in single rooms, each room is equipped with a telephone and even a laptop.
Prisoners can enjoy all-weather football pitches, gyms, libraries, and a game of billiards during breaks.
Not only is it rich in material resources, but it also gives a lot of respect in spirit.
The use of the terms "criminal" and "prisoner" is forbidden here, and the prisoners' rooms cannot be called "cells", and the prison guards knock on the doors of the prisoners' rooms when entering and exiting them.
The prison's designers say they hope to make inmates feel "at home."
One of the robbers, Daeron, said that this was better than the renovation of my house, and I was spoiled here.
It is believed that there are many university students whose dormitories are not up to the standard of the inmates of HMP Berwyn prison.
However, there are many loopholes in the management of prisons compared to quality services.
In the first year of the prison's operation, the police received 167 reports of crimes in the prison, 17 of which were caused by inmates.
One inmate died of a drug overdose in prison, and prison staff received multiple reports of inmate assaults.
A policewoman who works there said, "There are many places in the prison where they can have sex. ”
There are many hidden corners of the prison, and policewomen can openly ask for "one-on-one talks" with inmates on management grounds.
Aisha Gunn
epilogue
There is no problem that prisoners are human beings and enjoy human rights.
But turning prison into a haven of pleasure is undoubtedly the wrong direction.
The use of female prison guards in men's prisons is even less considerate and even increases the risks of female police work.
A prisoner is a prisoner, and a police officer is a policeman, which cannot be explained by the phrase "two lovers are happy".
I don't know if the audience in front of the screen, the accommodation conditions are as good as this prison?
Resources
18 British female prison guards fired for having improper relationships with prisoners (Global Times)
British prison supervision loopholes exposed: young female prison guards are like fresh meat in the window (Red Star News)