Former Prison Officer Jailed for Sex and Smuggling with Inmates

A former prison officer has been jailed for having romantic relationships with two inmates and plotting to smuggle drug-soaked envelopes into prison. Isabelle Dale swore her "undying love" to prisoners Shahid Sharif and Connor Money while working at HMP Coldingley in Surrey, said a judge. The 23-year-old had sex with convicted robber Sharif in the prison's chapel area, her trial heard. She got engaged to Sharif and later plotted with him and his associate, Lilea Sallis, to smuggle spice, a synthetic cannabinoid, into HMP Swaleside in Kent. Dale was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of conspiring to convey a List A article into prison. Sharif, who is already in custody, and Sallis were also jailed for the latter charge for 27 months and two and a half years respectively. Sentencing the three on Tuesday at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Christopher Hehir called Dale a "thoroughly devious and untruthful and manipulative young woman". He said he accepted she had "some vulnerabilities", but she had tried to use them as a "shield and an excuse" for her actions. The judge added that he suspected she had joined "the prison service with a view to becoming involved in criminal activities with prisoners". "She wanted to do it," he said. "She's attention seeking."