Mississippi inmate sentenced for sexual battery of corrections employee

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. ( WJTV ) – An inmate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) has been sentenced for the sexual battery of a corrections employee.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that 23-year-old Ernest Mayfield was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Bramlett said Mayfield is a habitual offender with two prior convictions of methamphetamine possession.

On September 17, 2021, Mayfield, who had recently been booked into the CMCF, broke into a female employee’s office at the correctional facility and sexually assaulted her.

The case went to trial on April 30, 2024. During the two-day trial, the state called the victim, multiple forensic experts, and other witnesses to the stand before the jury returned a guilty verdict.

“I appreciate all the hard work from both my office and multiple law enforcement agencies to secure a guilty verdict in this matter. We are glad to put this lifelong habitual criminal in prison for the next thirty years,” said Bramlett.

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to CBS 42.