A Russell County Jail correctional officer was fired and arrested on Tuesday after allegedly trying to persuade a female inmate to perform sodomy on a deputy or jail employee.

Donna Michelle Ridgeway is charged with first-degree conspiracy to commit sodomy, the Ledger-Enquirer reported. She was booked into the Russell County Jail and transported to Lee County Jail due to safety concerns. Her bond was set at $7,500.

According to the report, Ridgeway is accused of helping a female inmate plot a way to get out of jail early by performing oral sex on a male deputy or corrections officer.

The sex act didn't occur, and the inmate reported the alleged conversation.

A conversation between the inmate and Ridgeway was recorded, according to the report.

"We believe that the evidence will show that Ms. Ridgeway engaged in conversation and committed an overt act in helping a potential crime take place," Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor told the newspaper. "Of course that never occurred, because (we) were running the investigation."

Ridgeway served as a correctional officer for four years.