Prison officer jailed for secret relationship with inmate

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 22:48 · Archive

A prison officer was sentenced for conducting a secret romantic relationship with an inmate and sending him sexually explicit photos.

Jade Morris, a prison officer at HMP Long Lartin, a category A prison in Worcestershire, has been sentenced for conducting a secret romantic relationship with inmate Jerome Nunes. The pair exchanged more than 5,000 messages via WhatsApp and Snapchat between July 2022 and January 2023, including sexually explicit photographs. Morris, 37, also encouraged Nunes, 35, to use an illegal mobile phone.

Nunes was serving a 12-year sentence for conspiracy to supply cocaine at the time. The relationship was discovered when prison bosses grew suspicious and Nunes attempted to cover up the fling by throwing a phone out of his cell window. Officers recovered the device, a phone charger and a phone reader, along with the thousands of messages and photographs exchanged between them. Much of the contact had occurred late at night or in the early hours of the morning.

Morris, a mother of two from Holmer, Herefordshire, had been going through a divorce from her husband at the time. She pleaded guilty in March to misconduct in a public office and to encouraging Nunes to use an illegal phone. She was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court in October 2026.

How it is being reported

• Female prison officer exchanged more than 5,000 illicit Snapchat messages with inmate at maximum security jailJade Morris, 37, and Jerome Nunes, 35, exchanged over 5,000 messages with each other during their 'intimate relationship' between July 2022 and January 2023.Daily Mail · 8 Oct, 22:30
• Prison officer had secret 'intimate' romance with inmate and sent him sexually explicit photosJade Morris, 37, and Jerome Nunes, 35, exchanged more than 5,000 messages as well as sexually explicit photos with one another at a category A prisonThe Mirror · 8 Oct, 21:36

In this story: Jade Morris · Jerome Nunes · HMP Long Lartin · Worcestershire · Birmingham Crown Court

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