A married teacher who had a five-month affair with an inmate at the prison where she worked has avoided going to jail herself.
Iryna Durham, 39, was shopped to police by her own husband after he rumbled their secret relationship.
She exchanged letters with a lag at HMP Moorland in Doncaster, south Yorkshire, where she taught.
Her husband found out about it and reported her to the authorities last June and they swiftly acted.
Sheffield Crown Court heard how they got close in the prison but were never physically intimate.
Durham pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office, Yorkshire Live reports.
The teacher was sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for a year and she must also complete 10 days of rehabilitation activity requirements.
Durham must also do 200 hours of unpaid community work.
Ahead of the sentencing hearing, she wrote a letter to Judge Rachael Harrison, who also read a 'positive' pre-sentence report on the defendant and character references.
Richard Holland, mitigating, said Durham's husband discovered the letters and reported her to the authorities.
He said her humiliation was complete by the details of the case being heard in open court.
Mr Holland said there was a realistic prospect of his client's rehabilitation and she has shown remorse.
The court head she has since ended the relationship with the prisoner, who was transferred to another jail.
The judge gave Durham full credit for her early guilty plea.
Judge Harrison told Durham she had risked being blackmailed by the inmate or someone else in the prison, adding: "Thankfully that did not happen, but it means there has to be a deterrent sentence."
The judge said she was willing to suspend the custodial sentence for reasons including the effect immediate imprisonment would have on other people.
