The Sheriff’s Office was reportedly given a tip-off that an inmate had been having sex with a correctional officer and that she had smuggled in a phone. The former guard faces a maximum of three years and eight months in prison. She began working in this role in September 2016 and resigned after the investigation on the case started in December 2019. She resigned from her job at the end of December 2019. Tina Gonzalez, 26, who worked as a Fresno County corrections officer since 2016 was arrested in May 2020 following an investigation into her conduct. Tina is a 27-year-old former correctional officer who served at Fresno County Jail for three years. You have the rest of your life to prove that. Tina Gonzalez began employment as a Fresno County Sheriff’s Correctional Officer in September of 2016. But I also believe that people can redeem themselves. "I think what you did was terrible and stupid. Judge Michael Idiart sentenced Gonzalez to seven months in prison Thursday. A depraved former correctional officer in California will serve 210 days in prison, followed by two years of probation, after she had sex with an inmate. Sexual activity by a detention facility employee with an inmate and possessing drugs or alcohol and a cell phone to give to inmates (cut a hole in her uniform pants to have sex with an inmate while 11 other inmates watched) /s9RcU2XvsF On Tuesday, a judge sentenced 27-year-old Tina Gonzalez to about seven months in Fresno County. It shows she is incapable of owning up to her mistakes, and she would undoubtedly continue to do so in the future. A former correctional officer is returning to her old job for the wrong reasons. McComas reported, "She was constantly calling, having sexual conversations with the inmate and even bragging about the crimes she committed. However, phone records proved that she kept in touch with the inmate even after her arrest. In December 2019, everything came to light and Gonzalez was arrested. Ex-correctional officer Tina Gonzalez has been sentenced for 7 months at Fresno County jail for a sexual relationship with an inmate, PEOPLE has reported. She also carried confidential information to him.įor over a year, Tina Gonzalez had an affair with a man who was in prison. In addition, the 26-year-old had provided her jail lover with drugs, a cell phone and razor blades. In addition, given the imbalance of power between prison officials and inmates, serious questions must be asked about consent and agency.Īttention: the video will soon be available again. The video is highly problematic, as the warden is clearly behaving in an unacceptable manner. Important: Source was not confirmed by the police
“Cutting a hole in your pants to make it easier to have sex with an inmate and having intercourse in full view of 11 other inmates is something only a depraved mind could come up with,” he said.She cut a hole in her pants - Correctional Officer, had se* with a Prisoner in front of othersįresno County Jail Sheriff's Deputy Steve McComas said, "Cutting a hole in your pants to have sex with an inmate and then having sexual intercourse in front of eleven other inmates is something only a depraved mind could come up with."
“At times, (she) communicated sensitive information to the inmate about individuals that were entering the inmate’s pod as well as times when the pod would be searched,” prosecutor Kaitlin Drake said of Ms Gonzalez’s actions.įresno County assistant sheriff Steve McComas accused of her putting her fellow correctional officers at risk, betraying her oath and behaving in some of the most disgraceful ways he’d seen and heard in 26 years in the sheriff’s office. The 26-year-old also allegedly gave the inmate razor blades and critical jail intelligence. A “depraved” former correctional officer in California will serve 210 days in prison, followed by two years of probation, after she had sex with an inmate in full view of 11 others.įresno County jail’s Tina Gonzalez was sentenced for the act – as well as for providing the inmate with drugs and a mobile phone – on Thursday, after investigations began into her conduct in December 2019.