Inmate phone snitches on 3 in prison sex

A PRISONER’S confiscated cell phone led to the arrests of two state correction officers and a former head prison cook for having sex or inappropriate romantic relationships with prisoners, the Westchester County district attorney announced Thursday.

“All three took advantage of their position in relation to inmates,” said District Attorney Anthony Scarpino Jr. during a press conference detailing the arrests. The case began after investigators searched a prisoner’s cell phone at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, officials said.

Iran Colon (photo center), 31, from Staten Island, was arrested and charged with raping a prisoner at the Taconic facility, according to the criminal complaint. The alleged victim’s cell phone was the one confiscated by authorities.

Garth Trail (photo right), 62, a former head cook at the Taconic facility, engaged in a sexual act with a prisoner on Sept. 27, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. He resigned from his job with the state on Sept. 30, 2017.

Melissa Hill (photo left), 44, a former correction officer, had a romantic relationship with a prisoner from Nov. 19, 2017, until Jan. 30, 2018, prosecutors said.