Holme House prison worker sentenced over inmate relationship

Prosecutor Shaun Dryden told the court Calvert said the prisoner had begun writing her letters, which she initially refused, but he persisted.

An investigation found love letters between the two in the prisoner’s cell and Calvert’s home, and police also uncovered seven phone calls between them, confirming they had a sexual relationship, Mr Dryden said.

Calvert had been speaking to the prisoner as one of his list of contacts using a false name.

In the calls, the inmate also told Calvert he was in trouble and needed to get drugs into the prison, seemingly in order to pay off a debt, it was said.

When interviewed by police, Calvert said she had brought codeine to the prisoner on one occasion as he was suffering from pain after having a tooth removed, the court heard.

Mr Dryden said the defendant said the prisoner asked her to collect a letter from a friend but believed the envelope contained drugs “so hadn’t done that”.