Corrections officer fired for alleged inmate relationship wins jobless benefits • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Corrections officer fired for alleged inmate relationship wins jobless benefits • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Iowa Workforce Development manages unemployment claims filed on behalf of Iowans. (Photo by Getty Images, logo courtesy the State of Iowa)A female corrections officer fired for an alleged romantic relationship with an inmate has been awarded unemployment benefits. State records indicate Azucena D. Valenzuela was employed as a corrections officer at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility for three years before she was fired by the Iowa Department o…