SOMERSET PRISON WORKER ACCUSED OF RELATIONSHIP WITH INMATE

Sixty-year-old Ebensburg, Pennsylvania resident Laurie Semelsberger has been accused of engaging in both a personal and sexual relationship with an inmate at SCI-Somerset. Ms. Semelsberger, who worked at the prison as a Psychological Services Associate, allegedly exchanged over 700 personal phone calls with the inmate from January to August of this year; some of those calls were sexual in nature. She also admitted to discussing the continuation of their relationship once the inmate was released from prison. She is currently out on unsecured bail.