Crime & Safety

Female Prison Guard Charged with Rape: State Police

The incident is alleged to have occurred at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining.

A 35-year-old Queens woman, who is a prison guard, was charged with 3rd Degree Rape (Class E - Felony) for allegedly having sex with an inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining.

Evita Hinds was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by the Hawthorne-based New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Details of the incident were not disclosed, but it allegedly occurred on May 30 of this year, while she was a guard at the prison. Sing Sing is a maximum security prison that houses male inmates, according to state corrections facility website.

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Hinds was arraigned before the Town of Ossining Court Tuesday and released on her own recognizance. She is scheduled to return to the court on Dec. 1 at 9 a.m.

The case was referred to State Police by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations.

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Photo: Evita Hinds. Photo credit: NYS Police

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