Barbara Dixon, of Stow, is charged in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court with three counts of sexual battery.
Prosecutors say she had sexual contact with the 23-year-old prisoner three times between Dec. 26 and Jan. 10.
Dixon will be arraigned May 24.
Highway Patrol troopers investigated after receiving a tip about a relationship between an officer and an inmate, prosecutor’s spokesman Ryan Miday said.
The minimum and medium security prison at 2675 East 30th Street houses