By Associated Press
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A former guard at the Berkshire County jail has pleaded guilty to having sex with two female inmates.
Raymond Dunham Jr. was sentenced today by Berkshire Superior Court Judge John Agostini to a maximum of one year and one day behind bars.
The 43-year-old Dunham pleaded guilty a day after his trial started.
Dunham admitted to engaging in sexual activity with two female inmates on four occasions at the Berkshire County Jail & House of Correction between Sept. 24 and Oct. 8, 2006.
The sex allegedly was consensual, but a 1999 state law makes sex between correction officers and inmates a felony.
Dunham resigned from the sheriff’s office in December 2006 after 17 years.