A prison worker has admitted having an affair with an inmate behind bars.
Mother-of-two Jessica Jade Elguindy, 25, was supported by her husband Mitch and jail boss dad on Wednesday as she faced Penrith Local Court.
She pleaded guilty to engaging in an intimate relationship with an inmate, accessing restricted data and misconducting herself as a holder of public office.
Elguindy’s solicitor said she would be applying for the charges to be dealt with on mental health grounds, the Penrith Press reported.
The married former prison administration assistant was working at the Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre in Sydney when she embarked on a four-month affair with convict Beau Jones.
They sent each other X-rated messages, pictures and videos using a phone that had been smuggled into the prison.
Elguindy has since resigned from the prison, which is run by her father, Corrective Services NSW superintendent Walid ‘Wally’ Elguindy.
Elguindy’s former co-worker and best friend Amber Clavell is accused of having an affair with bank robber Mark Kennedy, 27, behind bars and is allegedly pregnant.
Clavell is charged with engaging in an intimate relationship with an inmate, two counts of accessing or modifying restricted data, bringing prohibited drugs into a place of attention and drug supply.
She is yet to plea and is next due in court on June 4.