A former corrections officer at the federal prison in Milan has been summoned back to federal court after admitting she violated the no‑contact term of her supervised release. Court filings say she told her probation officer, ahead of a scheduled polygraph, that she had been communicating with the inmate by phone and on social media and that she had failed to disclose a cell phone. The summons was issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the woman is due in court today.
Court Summons Alleges Supervised‑Release Violations
According to ClickOnDetroit, the summons follows a June 10 polygraph and the probation officer’s notification that the supervisee had maintained contact with the inmate and used an undisclosed cellphone. The filing asks the court to consider two alleged violations of the special conditions of her supervised release: the no‑contact order and the failure to disclose electronic devices. The local report says she is expected to appear in federal court this week to answer the allegations.
Case Background and Sentencing
Wozniak pleaded guilty in September 2024 to one count each of sexual contact with a ward and providing contraband, admitting she had sex with an inmate in fall 2023 and smuggled loose tobacco and a gold necklace into FCI Milan, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release. The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General records show she resigned from the Bureau of Prisons and was sentenced on February 26, 2025 to six months in jail followed by one year of supervised release that included periodic polygraph testing and a no‑contact order. The plea documents noted the sexual‑contact count carries a statutory maximum of 15 years, while the contraband count carries up to six months in prison.
Legal Implications
Under federal law a judge may revoke or modify supervised release after finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant violated release conditions; revocation can include new time behind bars within statutory limits. The statutory framework for those proceedings appears in federal law and criminal procedure rules, as outlined by Cornell Law School. If the court sustains the violations, it may continue supervision with stricter conditions, extend or modify the term, or impose additional imprisonment depending on the severity of the breach.
She is scheduled to appear in Detroit federal court today, where a judge or magistrate will decide how to proceed based on the probation office’s petition and the evidence presented, according to ClickOnDetroit. The hearing could lead to anything from tightened supervision to revocation and a return to custody if the court finds the admissions credible.
