Barbara Davis, a former corrections officer at the private Northeast Ohio Correctional Center off Hubbard Road in Youngstown, pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with an inmate and taking bribes to bring contraband into the prison.
She entered the pleas in U.S. District Court in Akron. Judge Sara Lioi ordered that Davis be released on $20,000 bond. Davis will be sentenced at 10 a.m. April 29.
Federal court documents state that Davis engaged in sex with an unnamed inmate inside the prison between the dates of Nov. 13, 2017, and Nov 7, 2018.
She also between those dates accepted a $20,550 bribe from an Ohio woman who also has been charged by the federal government in a related case. Davis was paid to sneak in a cellphone and tobacco to a prison inmate, federal prosecutors stated.
YOUNGSTOWN A prison guard at the private Northeast Ohio Correctional Center off Hubbard Road faces four federal charges after authorities accused her of having sex with an inmate, and taking bribes to bring contraband into the facility.
According to the indictment from the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Ohio, guard Barbara Davis engaged in a sexual act with an unidentified federal prisoner incarcerated at the Hubbard Road facility.
Davis also is accused of receiving a $20,550 bribe from an Ohio woman who also has been charged by the federal government in a related case.
The document states that the guard was paid to sneak in a cellphone and some tobacco to a prison inmate.
Feds accuse Youngstown prison guard with smuggling, taking bribe, having sex with inmate wfmj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wfmj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.