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State police charged Marcy Brodhead, 30, with rape, committing a criminal sexual act, official misconduct and promoting prison contraband.
The contraband charge alleges Brodhead provided the prisoner with marijuana, police said.
State police Capt. Keith Corlett said the Sept. 3 incident was the culmination of an apparently growing relationship between Brodhead and the inmate, who was not identified.
"She was passing notes; she was engaged in note-writing with the inmate," Corlett said. "Then it escalated to a sexual relationship."
The sex act on Sept. 3 reportedly occurred in the prisoner's cell. Corlett said the inmate is believed to then have notified the Inspector General's Office at the state Department of Correctional Services about the situation.
State Trooper Tom Jones said that, under New York's Penal Law, a prison guard having sex with an inmate always is considered rape, regardless of whether the act was consensual.
Brodhead, who lives on Henry Street in Kingston, began working at the prison in August 2006 and still was in the probationary phase of her employment when the alleged rape occurred. A spokeswoman for the Department of Correctional Services, which oversees the state prison system, said on Friday that Brodhead resigned from her guard job after being charged.
Corlett said police do not believe Brodhead had sexual contact with any other inmates in the prison.
Staff writer Kyle Wind contributed to this report.
