Overview
- Livvy Edney, 44, was sentenced to six months at Exeter Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office.
- Edney began a relationship in November 2022 with Paul Young, whom she supervised at HMP Channings Wood while he served an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence for assault by penetration.
- After staff raised concerns and moved Young to another prison in January 2023, Edney kept contact using pay‑as‑you‑go phones, a false name and monitored three‑way calls through his mother.
- Recorded calls and a search of Young’s cell produced key evidence, including love declarations, sexual talk, plans for a Venice trip and a sexually explicit Valentine’s card.
- The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit said she went to significant lengths to hide the contact, and officials warned that corruption in prisons will be pursued.