The guard resigned shortly after that. But she said there is still a sexually-charged atmosphere in her cellblock. After I shower they will stand at my door and watch me lotion down. Eight guards dismissed, four disciplined Four Fluvanna staff members, three correctional officers and one maintenance man, have resigned or been fired this year on charges ranging from giving gifts to sexually abusing inmates, said Warden Huffman. Four other employees received lesser degrees of discipline and two resigned after allegations were made, she said.
Investigations are under way in three other cases.
Of the 25 cases so far this year, investigators determined that six were unfounded. No determination could be made in one case, and five were considered too minor to investigate. There were nine cases in 1998, three that resulted in a staff member leaving. Inappropriate relationships are not limited to the Fluvanna prison, which houses more than half of the state's female inmates. In 1998 and 1999 there were seven cases at the state's three other women's prisons in which staff members were either fired or resigned, according to the Department of Corrections.