An employee at the Lincoln Correctional Center has been arrested for unauthorized communication with a prisoner, according to Nebraska Department of Corrections officials.
37 year old Erin Slater, a corporal at the facility, was arrested by the Nebraska State Patrol on Wednesday. She had been employed by the Nebraska Department of Corrections since March of this year. Prison officials say Slater resigned her position was booked into the Lancaster County Jail.
“It is concerning that someone who is with the agency for a relatively short period of time would deliberately decide to cross professional boundaries with an inmate,” says NDCS Director Scott Frakes. “We will not tolerate this behavior and staff members risk their future employment when they do.”
Unauthorized communication with a prisoner is a Class IV felony.