Corrective services officer charged over relationship with parolee at Maitland

A Corrective Services NSW officer has been charged over an alleged intimate relationship with a parolee in the state's Hunter region.

Earlier this month, detectives from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit commenced an investigation following reports a community corrections officer and a parolee had been in an intimate relationship.

Following inquiries, detectives arrested a 30-year-old woman at Maitland Police Station about 10am today (Monday 28 October 2019).

She was charged with engage in sexual conduct etc compromise sentence/order.

Police will allege in court that the woman, who is a community corrections officer, was involved in a romantic relationship with a 29-year old male parolee.

The woman was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Maitland Local Court on Wednesday 11 December 2019.

She has been suspended by Corrective Services NSW.

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