A former B.C. correctional officer has pleaded guilty to breach of trust.
Ramandeep Rai was charged with failing to report contraband and/or facilitating the use and movement of contraband, which in this case involved a cellphone.
She was also charged with breach of trust for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam.
On Friday, Rai pleaded guilty to the contraband charge.
Now, the question for the court is whether Rai will face any jail time for her actions.
“At no point did she touch the cellphone,” Gagan Nahal, Rai’s lawyer, told Global News.
“She knew it was transported from one inmate to another. Rather than report it, she gave it a blind eye.”
The cellphone incident took place at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, where Rai was a correctional officer in 2022.
