Overview
- Rebecca Green formed a relationship with prisoner John Otugade while employed at HMP Whitemoor, with contact beginning in October 2022.
- Spring 2023 inquiries prompted police to move Otugade to HMP Belmarsh and to search Green’s car and seize her mobile phone for evidence.
- Officers found messages on Green’s phone and a number labelled 'partner' on Otugade’s approved contacts list that matched her phone number.
- Green pleaded guilty to wilful misconduct in public office and was sentenced to one year and four months at Cambridge Crown Court.
- Cambridgeshire Police said the case shows how staff-inmate breaches threaten safety and security and that such conduct can lead to criminal charges.