Nurse, 57, who had sex with a murderer in prison is suspended for six months
- Susan Jane Flyger, 57, admitted to having sex with an inmate from 2014 to 2016
- The nurse and the man began a relationship at Lotus Glen prison in north QLD
- Tribunal revealed they discussed their ‘sexual fantasies’ through secret letters
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A prison nurse has been suspended for six months after having a sexual relationship with an inmate over the course of two years.
Susan Jane Flyger, 57, began an affair with the then 45-year-old prisoner after treating him at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre in north Queensland in 2014.
The inmate, identified only as ‘Patient X’, who had been serving a life sentence for murder, was assigned to clean the dialysis area of the medical clinic a month later.
From that point on, Flyger maintained an ‘inappropriate’ relationship with the man through clandestine trysts and secret letters after opening a personal post office box under a pseudonym.
Susan Jane Flyger, 57, began an affair with the prisoner after treating him at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre (pictured) in north Queensland in 2014
The pair exchanged at least 62 letters, as well as two Valentine’s Day cards and one Christmas card, in which they discussed their ‘sexual desires and fantasies’, according to a tribunal judgment.
‘They discussed, among other things, their sexual encounters with each other at the clinic, their sexual desires and fantasies in respect of each other, their sexual encounters with 4 their respective previous partners and their desire to continue their relationship when Patient X was granted parole,’ documents read.
Flyger was said to have reassigned casual staff to another work area so that she can see her lover in an area of the clinic where there no cameras present.
In one occasion, she even covered CCTV camera in the clinic office so the two would not be seen.
The relationship didn’t come to light until staff began monitoring the inmate’s mail in December 2015 after becoming concerned of the ‘closeness’ between the two.
Flyger’s supervisor had also addressed with her the need for professional boundaries as well as concerns that she could be being groomed.
The inmate, identified only as ‘Patient X’, had been serving a life sentence for murder. They later began a relationship after he was assigned to clean the dialysis area of the medical clinic a month later
Flyger admitted to the relationship during an interview with Office of the Health Ombudsman officers in April 2016.
‘I’m guilty of having had an inappropriate relationship with [Patient X]. I realise that. That is all I’ve done. I haven’t taken any contraband into the prison. I haven’t done any of those things. It’s just the relationship with [Patient X],’ she said.
She also admitted she planned to visit him once he was out of prison and wanted to continue writing to him.