Hays State Prison has fired two employees in two separate incidents involving sex with an inmate and bringing drugs into the prison.

Forty-year-old Hinesville, Georgia man Luis Vega Diego was fired for allegedly smuggling illegal and tobacco inside. The warrant for his arrest was filed on December 5, and the smuggling allegedly occurred between June and October of this year.

Forty-eight-year-old Menlo woman Keitha Michele Vaughan was fired for allegedly sleeping with an inmate under her supervision. According to the warrant for her arrest, the prison claims it occurred between 3 and 4 AM between November 26 and December 3.

Vaughan has reportedly confessed to the accusation. The inmate in question is a twenty-three-year-old serving a twenty-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter.

Vaughan faces a charge of sexual assault.

From AM 1180