Corrections contractor charged with sexual misconduct with inmates, false rape accusation

A state Department of Corrections contractor hired to monitor inmates after their release from prison and drive them to and from work is accused of using her position to pressure them into sex.

At first Taressa Jolene Browning, 31, denied ever having sex with any inmates, but when told Kitsap County sheriff's deputies were going to search her car for evidence of sexual activity, Browning changed her story and accused the man of raping her, according to court documents.