Overview

• Charlotte Winstanley, 27, admitted entering inappropriate relationships with inmates at HMP Lindholme between August and November 2022.
• She pleaded guilty at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court to misconduct in public office, bringing a mobile phone into HMP Lindholme, and taking a photograph inside HMP Ranby in April 2023.
• Court documents state she conspired with inmate Jabhari Blair to smuggle mobile phone SD cards into the prison in October 2022.
• Blair, serving a sentence at HMP Lowdham Grange, appeared by video-link, entered no plea to related contraband charges and remains remanded.
• Her case follows a series of recent prosecutions of female prison officers over similar offences, prompting prison authorities to review security and oversight procedures.