DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy assigned to the detention facility in Castle Rock faces several criminal charges including bribery and official misconduct after she was accused of introducing contraband to the jail.
The sheriff's office began an investigation into accusations against 24-year-old Carley Jackson on May 25. She was arrested late in the evening on May 31 on the following charges.
- Bribery
- Attempt to influence a public servant
- First-degree official misconduct
- Conspiracy
- Introducing contraband in the second degree
According to an arrest affidavit, in March of this year, an inmate reported that a deputy brought a disposable lighter, which is prohibited, into the jail. He said that it was in the E-2 Housing unit, the affidavit says.
On March 11, deputies did a "shakedown" search of the unit and found a white lighter in a cleaning closet for E-2 hidden above a ceiling-mounted light.
About 40 other prohibited items were found and Jackson wrote down all of the items but "conspicuously" failed to document the lighter, the affidavit says.
On May 23, an inmate reported that Jackson was in a relationship with an inmate and had brought in the lighter for that inmate, which was discovered in March, the affidavit says.
According to the affidavit, on May 30 Jackson admitted to a fellow deputy that she brought in the lighter for the inmate because he threatened to report notes that the two of them had exchanged to her supervisors.
Jackson claimed, according to the affidavit, that the inmate wrote her a note saying he wanted to "be with her" and that she responded that he was "hot" but said she could not date him because she had a boyfriend who was an inmate, the affidavit says.
At one point, Jackson asked to speak with a detective in her office, the affidavit says. Jackson told the detective that her mother had introduced her to an inmate named Bryan before he was in the jail and they had been "talking and seeing one another," the affidavit says. The investigation though revealed that was "untrue."
Bryan was transferred to the Summit County Jail in March 2021 and is now housed at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility, according to the affidavit.
As part of the investigation, deputies listened to recorded phone calls between Bryan between Jackson dating back to September 2021. In one call, the two discussed how they had met while Bryan was being booked at the Douglas County Jail. In another call, they talked about a discussion they had while alone in B Housing Unit's closet, according to the affidavit.
A fellow deputy reported that he knew Jackson was dating someone named "Bryan" who she met on the "outside" but had since gone to jail, the affidavit says.
Jackson posted a $10,000 bond shortly after her arrest and is no longer employed with the sheriff's office, the agency said in a release. They did not say whether she was fired or resigned.
She made a brief appearance in court Wednesday morning and is next due in court on June 30.
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