Counselor Gets No Jail for Sex with Inmate

(Greensburg, Pennsylvania) A 42-year-old drug counselor at the Greensburg State Prison, Tina Martinez, has been convicted of engaging in sex with an inmate. The Westmoreland County jury of six men and six women found Martinez guilty of felony institutional sexual assault.

Martinez claimed she felt compelled to yield to the inmate's sexual advances for fear she would lose her job. Therefore, she performed oral sex on the convicted murderer in the therapy room of the prison.

Judge Debra A. Pezze sentenced Martinez to six months probation.

Tip: Don Morgenstern


[Update 12/27/07]

Martinez ordered to register as a sex offender.