Miranda Ackerman, a 29-year-old former female employee of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, was taken into custody after it was reported that she was having an intimate relationship with one of the male prisoners.
She was reportedly involved with the inmate during her employment at the prison in the interval between February and March and before she quit her job in April.
However, following her resignation from the facility, Ackerman was contacted by authorities from the Idaho Department of Corrections due to suspicions about her work ethic.
Although the source of information remains unknown, investigators were convinced that the former corrections officer had a sexual relationship with one of the prisoners.
They even had intercourse more than once on the grounds of the facility where the inmates were.
Besides, Ackerman, who presented herself as Miranda Jefferds during her employment at the correctional facility, was also charged with unlawful contraband. It was believed that she provided her lover with provocative pictures of herself.
Following the investigation against the Nampa native, Ackerman was taken into custody after Ada County prosecutors issued a warrant for her arrest.
The former correctional officer was detained, as she appeared voluntarily at the Ada County Sheriff’s Department last week.
Patrick Orr, public information officer for Ada County Sheriff’s Department, said in a statement: “They developed evidence [that] Ackerman, who was working as a correctional officer at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, had illegal sexual contact on more than one occasion with a male inmate who was working in the area of the prison where inmates get their hair cut.”
As a result, the disgraced former prison employee will face charges for both the inappropriate relationship with the prisoner and the unlawful introduction of contraband, and she made an appearance in court on Tuesday. Her next court date is set for June 29.
Meanwhile, Miranda Rose Ackerman was set free from being held into custody on her own cognizance.
The story has sparked a lot of conversations online with some that the case is similar to what is going with police brutality around the country. Some even say that the charges might not even stick, and the woman could get away with what she allegedly did.
However, some defenders of the woman argue that the prisoner was “lucky,” and that she probably made his life in detention more enjoyable.
Critics say that those people do not value consent and abuse is still abuse regardless of the source.
If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison along with a $1,000 fine and an additional year in prison for the contraband charge.
Her husband, Chris Ackerman, who is also a correctional officer, is not handling the situation well and has asked for his loved ones to be left out of the situation.
