Overview

• Cardiff Crown Court imposed a 10‑month term suspended for 18 months, with 15 days of rehabilitation activity and £500 in costs.
• The relationship occurred in 2022 while she worked at HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed, including a 175‑mile trip to Liverpool to meet the prisoner on home release.
• Phone forensics recorded 558 contacts on a prison‑issued device, and a note with her number and Snapchat handle was recovered from the inmate’s cell.
• Megan Breen initially denied wrongdoing before pleading guilty to misconduct in public office, as a separate unauthorised computer access allegation was left on file.
• The case comes as MOJ data show 19 prison staff were charged with misconduct in 2023–24, with prison leadership warning such relationships undermine security and rehabilitation.