#MeToo comes to prison

Most allegations are never proven, but accusations of sex between inmates and staff keep coming at Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, the state’s largest women’s prison.

Sex between inmates and staff is illegal – under the law, prisoners cannot consent to sex with employees, and custodial sexual misconduct is a felony punishable by between two and five years in prison. But court records and investigative files show that employees aren’t always charged with crimes, even when allegations are substantiated. Indeed, a former sergeant who left the Department of Corrections after the department found that he’d had sexual contact with a Logan inmate is back on the state payroll.