Federal Corrections Officer Admits to Sexually Abusing Inmate at FCI Fort Dix

CAMDEN, N.J. - A Middlesex County woman admitted to sexually abusing an individual in federal custody, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced today.

Jordan Pensak, 27, a corrections officer at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix (Fort Dix), pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Edward S. Kiel in Camden federal court to an Information which charged her with sexual abuse of an individual in federal custody. The sentencing date is scheduled for February 10, 2027.

According to statements made in court and documents filed in the case:

Pensak had a consensual sexual relationship with an inmate at Fort Dix, a low-security federal correctional institution in Burlington County, and had sex with him in January 2026. Pensak and the inmate also exchanged sexually explicit photographs and messages over social media and electronic applications, facilitated by the inmate's use of two contraband cell phones while in custody at Fort Dix. Pensak admitted to having a sexual relationship with the inmate in text messages sent to multiple individuals, including family members of the inmate. In one of those communications Pensak raised concerns that she might be pregnant with the inmate's child.

The charge of sexual abuse of an individual in federal custody has a maximum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000.

U.S. Attorney Frazer credited special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy; and the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Edminston, with the investigation.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph McFarlane of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Special Prosecutions Division.

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