GOWANDA, N.Y. -- A worker at the Gowanda Correctional Facility was charged with rape and official misconduct on Wednesday after having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate.

State Police say 35-year-old Megan Trask of Kennedy had relations with the inmate while working as a counselor there. Prison workers are not legally allowed to have sexual contact with inmates.

Trask is due in Collins Town Court later this month.