Guard accused of sex with inmate

ONTARIO, Ore. – A female state corrections officer in Eastern Oregon is accused of having sex with an inmate at an all-male prison and smuggling in diet pills, the Oregon State Police said Friday.

Her husband, also a corrections officer, was arrested and charged with growing marijuana, the police said.

Tomi Sue Fowler, 39, and James Fowler, 29, were indicted Thursday and arrested at their Ontario home, the police said. They are to enter pleas in October, said Erin Landis, deputy district attorney for Malheur County.

Tomi Sue Fowler was accused of custodial sexual misconduct as a result having sex with an inmate in May and June at the Snake River Correctional Institution, according to the indictment.

She also was accused of growing marijuana found at the couple’s home, bringing contraband diet pills into the prison and official misconduct, the police said.

She was hired in 1999, he in 2000.

The police said she was put on administrative leave in June.