Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Brittany Zamorais serving a 20-year sentence in an Arizona prison for sexually abusing her 13-year-old student — and she has spent some of her time behind bars tutoring other prisoners, PEOPLE has learned.
According to the Arizona Department of Corrections website, Zamora, 30, got her tutor certification in September. Now, she is authorized to help teach academic subjects to other inmates.
Zamora, a former teacher at Las Brisas Academy in Goodyear, was arrested in 2018, when the stepmother of a 13-year-old boy noticed that he was acting suspiciously and wanting to shut his door at night. She installed a parental monitoring app called “Sentry” on his phone and subsequently began getting alerts about inappropriate texts, so she confronted the boy. He told his stepmother that he had sexual contact with his sixth-grade teacher.
According to a police report, Zamora and the boy began texting and sending each other photos on Snapchat.
At the time of her arrest, the Maricopa County Police releasedscreenshots of textssent between Zamora and the teen.
As the illegal relationship proceeded, Zamora sexually abused the boy several times.
Police say Zamora played an educational video during one of her classes.While other students watched the video, Zamora sexually abused the victim in the back of the classroom.
On another day, the victim and a friend stayed after school. The two boys later told police that Zamora asked the victim’s friend to be a lookout while they had sex.
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Goodyear Police Department
As things began to close in on Zamora, she and her husbandreached out to the boy’s familyto try to prevent her from getting into trouble.
According toa police report, the student’s father claimed he received a phone call from Zamora and her husband “pleading with him not to contact the police.” He refused and hung up the phone.
In 2019, Zamora entered aguilty pleafor sexually abusing the boy. During her sentencing, she apologized for her actions and asked the victim and his family for their forgiveness. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
In a statement, the Department of Corrections says Zamora had no disciplinary issues and “assisted the education staff in teaching the inmate students, in a group setting.”
Zamora will remain in prison until her release date of March 16, 2038.
source: people.com
