CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — It’s “Orange is the New Black” brought to life. A former DeSoto Annex prison employee is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with an inmate and sneaking contraband into the facility.
According to an arrest warrant filed in Charlotte County, an investigation was launched after an officer at the Charlotte Correctional Institution found a mobile phone inside a bunk in a cell on Jan. 17, 2023.
Officers investigated the contraband cell phone and discovered a staff-prisoner relationship between the inmate and DeSoto Annex correctional officer Austyn Kellogg…