CASE UPDATE: Lackawanna County Prison Guard Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of Female Inmate

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that former Lackawanna County Prison Guard Jeffrey Staff was sentenced to nine months’ probation and barred from ever seeking employment in a correctional facility or law enforcement for sexual abuse and his role in perpetuating a pervasive culture of institutional abuse of female inmates over many years. The Defendant today pleaded no contest to one count of Official Oppression (M2).