A senior Manchester prison officer has been sentenced to 15 months in jail after making dozens of secret sexual calls and messages to an inmate on a smuggled phone View 3 Images Amie Turner began sending the messages in November 2023 (Image: Men Media)

A senior prison officer has been sentenced over a relationship with an inmate, during which the pair communicated using a smuggled phone. Amie Turner, from Bolton, started working in HMP Manchester in 2014 and in 2023 was promoted to Band 4 senior officer, Manchester Crown Court heard. ‌

But during that year, the 34-year-old made dozens of secret calls and texts to a prisoner . Prosecutor Louise Kitchin said phone records showed Turner's number had been in 'sustained contact' with the illicit phone between November and Dece

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