PLAQUEMINE — Two Elayn Hunt employees were arrested for malfeasance in office after inappropriately communicating with inmates through contraband cell phones, according to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office.

According to arrest records, 23-year-old Destiny Crockett was arrested on Oct. 14 after authorities at Elayn Hunt Correctional discovered a cell phone in a cell block at the prison. While searching through the phone, a conversation between Crockett and an inmate was discovered containing messages about the two having sex.

Crockett allegedly claimed that the inmate reached out to her through Instagram in July and told her that he was receiving cell phones from trip officers at the prison. The inmate allegedly advised Crockett to become a trip officer, as she could make money bringing items into the prison.

Crockett told deputies that she knew the conversations were taking place through a contraband cell phone that the inmate possessed at the prison, according to arrest records. She allegedly claimed to have been trying to collect the names of the trip officers who were allegedly bringing contraband into the prison before bringing the information to investigators. 

On Monday, 30-year-old Jada Nixon, a medical employee at the correctional center, was arrested after she was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate. 

Nixon allegedly admitted to communicating with an inmate through social media websites on a contraband cell phone. 

Both Crockett and Nixon were arrested and booked on charges of malfeasance in office.