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Prison guard had sex with inmate, OSP says

05:54 PM PDT on Friday, August 31, 2007

Associated Press

ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) -- A female state corrections officer in Eastern Oregon is accused of having sex with an inmate at an all-male prison and smuggling in diet pills, the Oregon State Police said Friday.

Her husband, also a corrections officer, was arrested and charged with growing marijuana, the police said.

Tomi Sue Fowler, 39, and James Fowler, 29, were indicted Thursday and arrested at their Ontario home, the police said. They are to enter pleas in October, said Erin Landis, deputy district attorney for Malheur County.

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Tomi Sue Fowler was accused of custodial sexual misconduct as a result having sex with an inmate in May and June at the Snake River Correctional Institution, according to the indictment.

She also was accused of growing marijuana found at the couple's home, bringing contraband diet pills into the prison and official misconduct, the police said.

She was hired in 1999, he in 2000. Landis said he did not know when they were married.

The medium-security Snake River prison is an all-male facility, Landis said.

The police said she was put on administrative leave in June.

Officials of the Department of Corrections were either unavailable Friday to say whether any disciplinary action was taken against the inmate, or said they didn't know.

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