THE SUN
PRISON guards are romping with inmates at record rates because the system is awash with inexperienced youngsters, an ex-officer says.
Recent years have seen dozens of UK prison staff sacked and some even jailed for launching into illegal trysts with lags.
Many have been fresh-faced recruits – often plucked straight out of college – busted bonking in cells and performing sex acts on inmates in broad daylight.
Incredibly, eighteen female guards at one Welsh jail were fired for hooking up with inmates, The Mirror reported.
It is an epidemic that has got “completely out of control”, says Neil “Sam” Samworth, a former prison officer of 11-years at Manchester’s sprawling Strangeways.
But the hardened jail veteran says he is not surprised in the slightest.
Speaking to The Sun, he explained: “Training and recruitment has never been ideal, but as they are now, they have no experience.
“They’ve got the youngest workforce ever. They are literally seeing kids on wings straight out of college aged 18, 19, 20.
“You’ve got a very inexperienced, young workforce and you’ve got a lot of lads locked up who have something that is really dangerous – it’s called charm.”
Sam says the result is inmates “playing” the often “very naïve” recruits through intimidation and manipulation.
