Betrayal Behind Bars: Prison Officer's Affair With Inmate Undermines Justice and Endangers Colleagues

Toni Cole's 12-month sentence for an illicit relationship with an inmate at HMP Five Wells exposes a disturbing pattern of misconduct, jeopardising the safety and integrity of the prison system and it

Another day, another headline about a prison officer jailed for forming an intimate relationship with an inmate. This time, it’s 29-year-old Toni Evelyn Georgina Cole, who has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after admitting to an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough.

Cole’s downfall began with a simple meeti…