Idaho Corrections Worker and Male Inmate

(Ada County, Idaho) A 40-year-old corrections worker at South Idaho Correctional Institution, Stephanie Nicole Klein, has been accused of illegal sexual contact with a male inmate.

Klein faces a felony charge of sex with an inmate at the minimum security men's facility.

Investigators say they have evidence Klein had sexual contact with the male inmate on 2-to-3 occasions between late 2010 and late 2011. Sheriff’s officials began their investigation after Klein told her supervisor about it earlier this year.

Ada County prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Klein July 31. Klein turned herself in at the jail Tuesday night.

Klein was booked into custody at the Ada County Jail with bond set at $50,000.