Former prison employee accused of having romantic relationship with inmate

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 assessment was launched after an officer at the Charlotte Correctional Institution exposed a mobile phone inside a bunk in a cell on Jan Officers investigated the contraband cell phone and discovered a staff-prisoner relationship between the inmate and DeSoto Annex correctional officer Austyn Kellogg According to the record the phone was used from Jan to Jan during which a combined total of calls messages and pictures were exchanged between the two The Florida Department of Corrections internal sources revealed the inmate was housed at the DeSoto Annex between Feb and Sept the same facility where Kellogg worked before he was transferred to the Charlotte Correctional Institution He was issued on December Kellogg worked at DeSoto Annex from Feb through March when she resigned A sexual battery development was opened following the man s release On June the man was interviewed by detectives and admitted he had a consensual sexual and romantic relationship with Kellogg while he was an inmate at the DeSoto Annex According to the document he recounted detectives that he paid Kellogg through Cash App several times for cigarettes and marijuana to sell them to other inmates He stated that he used the contraband cell phone to continue communicating with Kellogg after he was transferred The overview states they talked and texted daily with conversations including their plans to start a family after his release and phone sex He was interviewed again by detectives on Oct He stated they had sexual intercourse in August at the DeSoto Annex He also stated that Kellogg would use multiple aliases to communicate with him on the phone after he transferred Kellogg is facing charges for bringing contraband into a secure facility