Overview
- Leeds Crown Court sentenced Megann Gibson, 26, to a year in custody after she admitted misconduct in public office and cannabis possession.
- Prosecutors detailed "extremely graphic" calls and highly sexual letters with inmate Ryan Horan, including talk of marriage and children.
- The court heard 102 anti-corruption reports were filed shortly after she began at HMP Wealstun, with concerns about over-familiarity and contraband, though no evidence of smuggling was found.
- Gibson became close to Horan’s family, visiting his mother in Sheffield and exchanging more than 900 WhatsApp messages with her.
- Coverage reported she let Horan into restricted areas of the Category C prison, and investigators also examined suspected improper contact with other inmates.