Ex-jailer now faces four civil rights violation charges

A former Wichita County corrections officer had a brief taste of freedom before she found herself back behind bars.

Shaylyn Robinson was arrested Thursday on four counts of Violation of Civil Rights of Person in Custody. Bail was set at $50,000 on each charge for a total of $200,000. She remained in jail Monday.

Robinson was initially arrested Feb. 28 on one count of civil rights violation and one count of Official Oppression.

Sheriff David Duke said at the time jail video showed Robinson made sexual contact with an inmate and further investigation revealed Robinson had written love letters to the inmate. All the charges stem from allegations from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.

Robinson, who had been employed as a jailer only since December, had been released on bail on the original charges on March 8. Although she was no-billed on one original indictment, four new indictments handed down March 15 allege she engaged in sexual contact with two female inmates in February.

Duke said other inmates had since come forward with similar allegations against the fired jailer, resulting in the latest arrest.

He said officers are trained to not have any type of contact of a sexual nature with inmates.

"We're not going to tolerate this. We're going to cut it out," Duke said at Robinson's first arrest. "I just can't emphasize how transparent we want to be. This public office isn't doing anything we shouldn't be doing."

Robinson's case is the second recent incident in which an officer with the Sheriff's Office was accused of soliciting sex from inmates. On Feb. 22, former deputy Brett Brasher pleaded guilty to violation of civil rights and soliciting prostitution related to incidents in 2021.

He received five years of community supervision in lieu of prison time.

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