Jan 3, 2008 3:40 pm US/Eastern
Former Prison Guards Sentenced In Inmate-Sex Case
SPRINGFIELD (AP) ―
A former Hampden County prison guard has been sentenced to up to three years in prison for having consensual sex with a female prisoner, while another guard has been placed on probation.
Thirty-five-year-old Stanford Norman was sentenced Thursday to serve two to three years in prison after being convicted of having sex with the inmate in 2006 while he was a corrections officer at the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow.
Another former guard, 53-year-old Brian Murphy, was given two years probation. Prosecutors say Murphy called the inmate to the facility's medical unit so Norman could have sex with her.
A 1999 state law says any sexual contact between guards and inmates is a felony.
Norman's attorney says they plan to appeal the verdict. A message was left Thursday for Murphy's attorney.
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