Overview

• Amie Turner, 34, was sentenced to 15 months at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office and encouraging the use of a mobile phone in custody.
• Phone records showed sustained contact between Turner and an illicit device in late 2023, including 44 calls totaling nearly four hours and more than 100 texts over November and December.
• Turner started at HMP Manchester in 2014, was promoted to Band 4 senior officer in 2023, and continued placing unanswered calls after the inmate’s release.
• She was arrested on duty in July 2024, initially denied improper contact, later pleaded guilty in July 2025, and resigned from the prison service; the handset was not recovered and the court heard no evidence she supplied it.
• Recorder Jennifer Cleeve condemned a serious abuse of trust and imposed immediate custody for deterrence, while NWROCU’s Detective Inspector Brian Morley warned of the consequences of prison corruption.