Prison officer Jade Morris jailed 12 months over relationship with HMP Long Lartin inmate

Left · 2Jade Morris, 37, a married prison officer, was jailed for 12 months at Birmingham Crown Court on 9 October 2026 over a relationship with a serving prisoner. 1 2 Left · 2She worked at category A HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, where Jerome Nunes, 35, was serving a 12-year sentence for his part in an eight-man gang that distributed £2m of cocaine around Newport. 1 2 Left · 2The two exchanged more than 10,000 messages between July 2022 and January 2023, including sexually explicit photos. 1 2

Left · 2Prison managers became suspicious when Nunes threw an encrypted mobile phone from his cell window during a search in October 2022; the phone was recovered and its number established, and police later found thousands of WhatsApp and Snapchat messages and a letter from Nunes to Morris confirming the relationship. 1 2 Left · 2Morris pleaded guilty in March to misconduct in a public office and to encouraging Nunes to use an illegal phone. 1 2 Left · 2Judge Peter Carr said there was no evidence the relationship was physical, but that Morris could have reported matters and chose not to, and that imprisonment was the only appropriate sentence for both defendants. 1 2

Left · 1According to the Mirror's account of the sentencing remarks, the judge said Morris refused to give her phone's passcode, deleted most of her contact with Nunes, tried to minimise her responsibility and gave an account that was not credible. 2 Left · 2Nunes, of Newport, South Wales, received nine months; the judge said his possession of a phone undermined prison security, particularly when it involved a prison officer. 2 1 Left · 1Georgina Davies of the Crown Prosecution Service said the case involved a sustained and deliberate breach of trust and that prison officers must maintain clear professional boundaries. 2