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Ex-prison guard 'wants to rekindle relationship' that saw her jailed, mum claims

Ex-prison guard 'wants to rekindle relationship' that saw her jailed, mum claims

Daily Mirror17-05-2025

Prison guard Morgan Farr-Varney's relationship with a drug dealer inmate earned her 10 months behind bars - the mum of the inmate claims she hopes to continue the romance
A prison guard who 'f****d' up her life because of an affair with an inmate hopes their relationship will continue, according to the criminal's mother. Morgan Farr Varney would have sex with prisoner Jordan Stones while she was supposed to be guarding him at a Yorkshire jail.
The 24-year-old guard was working at HMP Lindholme near Doncaster when she had the affair, which lasted 10 months. It is now alleged that she wishes to continue her relationship with Stones, 30, who is serving over five years for dealing cocaine.


The dealer also seems keen on the pair being reunited, after posting photos on his Facebook page. The images show pictures of her on the walls in his cell.
'They are still together,' Farr Varney's mother Donna March, 47, told the Mail. 'They've been together for two and a half years. All of his belongings are at her house for when he gets out of jail.'
Farr Varney became briefly known to viewers of This Morning last year when she spoke of her problems with huge bills after she bought braces from an online dental firm that later folded. Ms March said she and Farr Varney have become close and she would visit her and take her daughters out for day trips. She added that her son's lover was like 'another daughter'.
Farr Varney, who became a guard in 2022, was arrested in January 2023 after suspicions were sparked when she was spotted with him on one of the wings at Lindholme. The pair, who exchanged love letters, were seen in CCTV entering a cupboard. The relationship was poorly hidden, with Farr Varney posting messages on her the Facebook pages of her lover's siblings.
In a police interview, Farr Varney said he had 'f****d her life up' after she had also 'proper fallen in love'. Her sordid relationship earned her 10 months in jail this week after she admitted misconduct in a public office.

Stones, meanwhile, is behind bars after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine. Another charge was for possession, adding to the lags criminal record that includes him being jailed aged 20 for selling heroin.
Following a number of cases that have involved prison officers having relationship with inmates in recent years - this includes ex-Wandsworth prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu who was filmed having sex with an inmate - a senior cop said Farr Varney's sentencing was a warning to others. Detective Constable Scott Jarvis, from South Yorkshire Police's Prison Anti-Corruption Unit said reports of 'improper relationships' between staff and inmates are taken 'incredibly seriously'.
He said: 'These types of relationships are thankfully rare, but when they do happen, they threaten to undermine the reputation of the prison service and other hard-working prison officers who abide by the rules and regulations attached to the job. I hope this sentencing sends out a clear message to any prison officers thinking of committing similar offences that if you engage in this type of criminality, you will be investigated by police and you will be brought to justice.'

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