COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A pair of workers from the South Carolina Department of Corrections after one of them allegedly was in a sexual relationship with an inmate.

The SCDC said Tuesday that 34-year-old Corina Francine Richards-Parnell and 35-year-old Brittany Alexandria Brazel have each been arrested in connection with a case dating back to September. The two worked at SCDC’s Walden Farm in Columbia and have since been fired.

Notably, Richards-Parnell was previously arrested on Sept. 19 after allegedly delivering vapes to three inmates.

According to newly released warrants, however, Richards-Parnell was allegedly in a sexual relationship with an inmate and sent explicit messages to them around the time of her September arrest. Warrants state the exchanges were reportedly later found on

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