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Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say
A corrections officer was arrested for her alleged sexual relationship with an inmate at a state prison in Delaware County, authorities said.
Alyssa N. Pierce, 32, of Philadelphia, on three occasions, had "indecent contact and/or sexual intercourse" with a 27-year-old male inmate at the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pennsylvania State Police said.
An investigation into Pierce began in June, and as a result, she was charged with three felony counts of institutional sexual assault, and two felony counts of criminal use of a communications facility.
Pierce communic…