United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF FEMALE INMATE

Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that former correctional officer GREGORY WEBB, age 41, of 27 Cave Street, New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to three years of probation, the first six months of which he must spend confined to his home with electronic monitoring, and 500 hours of community service, on his conviction of one count of sexual abuse of a female prison inmate and one count of knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement to a federal law enforcement officer in connection with the investigation of his sexual abuse of a female inmate.

U.S. Attorney O'Connor noted that federal criminal law prohibits any sexual acts or contacts between federal correctional officers and inmates under their supervision and control.

On February 10, 2004, WEBB pleaded guilty, admitting that on September 23, 2003, he engaged in oral sex with a female inmate while he was employed as a correctional officer at the Danbury women's prison. WEBB further admitted that he lied to a federal law enforcement officer on September 30, 2003, in connection with an investigation of his sexual act with the victim inmate.

WEBB has resigned from his position as a correctional officer at the federal women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut, and is prohibited from seeking re-employment as a law enforcement officer.

"Sexual contact between an inmate and a correctional officer is not only inappropriate, it's illegal, and the additional charge of lying to a federal law enforcement officer makes this case even more troubling," U.S. Attorney O'Connor stated. "Federal government employees and correctional officers must be held to a higher standard when it comes to following the law. When an individual holds both titles, this type of conduct is doubly alarming, and intolerable."

The case was investigated by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey A. Meyer.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov