A FEMALE prison officer who tipped her inmate lover off about a cell search after they exchanged romantic messages has been jailed.
Aisha Golsby, 23, struck up the tryst with Deano Harrison, 21, while working at HMP Portland in Dorset.
She messaged the convicted robber and drug dealer on Instagram using an illegal phone he had.
The prisoner told her he had "never felt love like it" before, while Golsby said she trusted him with her heart.
She even tipped Harrison off that cells were being searched so he could hide the phone.
Golsby has now been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to three counts of misconduct in a public office.
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Bournemouth Crown Court was told Harrison initiated the relationship when he messaged Golsby on Instagram in August 2021.
Although there was no "physical or sexual contact on prison premises", prosecutor Kaj Scarsbrook said it was still a romantic relationship.
In one text, Harrison told Golsby: "I have not felt like this about anyone. I never thought it would get deep, I didn't think I would get attached to you. I've never felt love for someone in such a small amount of time."
The tryst was rumbled in January 2022 when the mobile was finally found and Golsby's colleagues discovered the messages.
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She had messaged him shortly before after growing concerned the jig was up, saying: "I trusted you with my whole f***ing heart, I really hope what you are saying is true".
There were also 11 phone calls logged between them from January 23 until the phone was discovered.
Harrison was moved to another prison but still made several attempts to contact his lover.
Golsby also contacted him, saying she was thinking of him in "affectionate terms".
She was eventually suspended from her job before handing in her resignation two months later.
Hollie Gilbery, defending, begged the judge not to jail Golsby for her "stupidity".
But jailing her, Judge Jonathan Fuller said: "You underwent training courses which dealt with anti-corruption issues, you would have been fully aware of the duties and responsibilities placed on you as a prison officer, especially in respect of relationships with prisoners.
"You also had a clear understanding of the reasons for that training and the very damaging effect failure to follow those rules can have on the security of the prison state and the public trust in the prison service.
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"You tipped him off that a designated search team were coming. That enabled him to try and hide the prohibited item, that was subverting the good order of the running of the prison."
Harrison pleaded guilty to having a banned item, the mobile phone, in prison and had six months added to his previous sentence in July last year.
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