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Former prison officer who had inmate’s baby jailed for smuggling and misconduct

Former prison officer Kelly-Anne McDade was sentenced to 30 months in jail for her inappropriate conduct with a prisoner.

Kelly-Anne McDade worked at HM Aylesbury Young Offenders’ Institution in Buckinghamshire for three years without issue before she met 21-year-old Nelson Delgado. Delgado was in the institution for robbery and assault of an elderly couple, and the court considered him to be a “dangerous offender”.

But McDade found that she had a growing attraction to Delgado, resulting in a sexual affair and a pregnancy.

Working for the prosecution, Nigel Ogborne told the court that McDade explained her pregnancy to prison authorities as an unplanned pregnancy while on foreign holiday. However, McDade raises suspicions during her interactions with Delgado including regular visits and gifts.

McDade was ultimately caught on August 10, 2008 when CCTV showed her opening Delgado’s prison door at night, a time when all doors were to remain closed. McDade resigned after being caught, and Delgado was moved to Staffordshire Young Offenders’ Institute.

McDade tried to keep in touch with Delgado after giving birth by attempting to smuggle three mobile phones hidden in a stereo. McDade wasn’t arrested, however, until she attempted to cash in on her story, selling it to Closer magazine for 1000 pounds.

When Thames Valley Police investigated, they found another mobile phone at McDade’s residence that contained a message from Delgado that said “I love you, my wife.”

Working for McDade’s defense, Richard Germain told the court, “There is no doubt it was an inappropriate relationship, but Ms McDade would say ‘You can’t help who you fall in love with’.”

Judge Christopher Tyrer disagreed, saying, “Love is not an excuse.”

Judge Tyrer told McDade: “Your training would have warned you what to do if your feelings for him, as they did, crossed the line.”

“Not only did you frequently have a sexual relationship with him, but you became pregnant by him and that means that you abused your position as a prison officer, and the trust placed with you by your colleagues, your superiors and the public.”

McDade was sentenced to 12 months in prison for professional misconduct and 18 months for attempting to smuggle mobile phones into prison.

         

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Mothers Are Armed With Technology

According to a survey carried out by Babycenter, mothers are now using social-networking tools more than ever in the last three years.

Over 25,000 mothers responded to the survey, with 63 percent admitting that they used Facebook, Twitter and blogs. This compares to just 11 percent of mothers in 2006.

Almost a third of the mothers also said that they used the Internet more after giving birth. Around 44 percent of the woman said that they regularly watched TV before the birth, but this fell to 7 percent after the baby arrived.

Mothers were also found to be more likely to visit sites which were focused around parenthood and children than on mainstream sites such as Facebook. Over 68 percent of mothers said they would visit sites such as Babycenter, CafeMom and Babychums.

One of the main reasons mothers gave for using social networking more was to connect with other parents online.

Tina Sharkey, chairman of BabyCenter, said “Participating in social media as a mom is not the same as hooking up with your camp friends,”

“It’s about finding the moms who can really support your journey.”

Sharkey then gave an example of the responses people gave on different sites. When asked how to tell your child the truth about the tooth fairy, responses on sites such as Facebook were more sarcastic: “What do you mean? There is no tooth fairy? Wait a minute, I was never told about this.”

On parenting sites, responses were often given using real life past experience, such as: “As they get older and go to school, they figure it out on their own”

High numbers of mothers were also found to use smart phones (36% own), PDAs (16%) and mobile phones - with 91 percent saying that they would never leave home without one.

Mothers are also more likely to use digital cameras or home videos to record their family memories. Around 93 percent own a digital camera, and 15 percent have a blog about their family.

         

Father Puts Newborn To Sleep With iPhone

A father has told how he used his iPhone for four months to put his newborn to sleep.

For the first few nights, his son had slept well through the hot evenings with the air conditioner in their Seattle home.

Once the evenings became cool, the parents realised that the baby was finding it hard to settle.

Brett Marl decided to use his iPhone to download White Noise from the iTunes Website. The simulated noise of an air conditioner humming kept the baby sleeping soundly and gave his parents some rest.

The baby shared his bed for up to 14 hours a day with the phone which emits radio frequency radiation - even when it is not being used to receive or make calls.

In 2007 there was a study by the journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine which found that people who used cellphones for over 10 years were at higher risk of brain tumors.

It is thought that the brains of children absorb twice the amount of radiation from mobile phones than do those of adults.