Former prison officer from Mitcham accused of having a personal relationship with a teenage inmate at HMP Cookham Wood in Rochester
A former prison officer accused of having a personal relationship with a teenage inmate and taking cannabis into prison has denied the allegations. Ruta Indrasiunaite is accused of having a relationship with 17-year-old Royston Perry at HMP Cookham Wood, a Young Offenders’ Institution in Rochester , between April and November 2021. The 38-year-old appeared before magistrates in Sevenoaks on July 31, after being charged with three offences. ndrasiunaite, of Pitcairn Road, Mitcham, Greater London, is accused of misconduct in public office, bringing a prohibited article to a prison and taking a restricted document out of the establishment the same year. It’s alleged she engaged in a personal relationship with Perry, who is now 21, between April 29, 2021 and November 30, the same year. She is said to have brought cannabis into the establishment and is alleged to have taken a restricted document out of the prison, namely a list of approved PIN telephone numbers for a priso...