Donna Barber, a Florida teacher, resigned this week after being discovered in obscene video chats with her jail prisoner partner, Lawrence Ray. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the instructor made calls from her office during school hours.
The incident was discovered after Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith hired an employee to monitor inmates’ video conversations inside the penitentiary early this month.
While prosecutors claimed there was no basis for a criminal prosecution against Donna Barber, the instructor resigned while school officials investigated the situation.
The Police disclosed Donna Barber’s split-screen video chat with her prison lover
The school expanded its inquiry when Police told the appropriate authorities that Donna Barber’s video conversations with her prisoner lover were taking place during school hours and on campus.
Furthermore, officials stated that the institution was initially ignorant of the wrongdoing on campus.
Staff allegedly stated that Barber was a renowned instructor on the point of retiring after screenshots of the video chat were exposed. Some parents and instructors were outraged by the situation and condemned the Florida teacher’s behaviour.
Donna Barber, a 53-year-old teacher, also said that the school board would recommend firing them, which is why she quit.
Donna Barber is shown at her office while her lover is visible in the jail cafeteria with other convicts in the background. The images are divided into two panels, with Barber on the left and her lover on the right.
How did the Police figure it out?
The Sherrif also stated that jail video chats have been increasingly prevalent in recent years since they need less personnel than in-person visits. However, friends and relatives of convicts who video call must agree to the ground rules imposed by the jail officials, which state that the talks are monitored and recorded.
According to prison guidelines, the video converter can be discontinued at any moment if the prison personnel monitoring the calls believes that the offender or family is crossing a boundary or misbehaving. At this time, neither the Sheriff’s office nor the instructor, Donna Barber, have spoken out about the situation.
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