Aleesha Bates, 29, and Jodie Wilkes, 27, exchanged thousands of messages with the same inmate during an illicit love triangle at Buckley Hall jail in Rochdale.
Cole also sent her lag lover 4,369 messages and took part in 18 video calls while engaging in "contact which was sexualised or flirtatious".
Stanton sobbed at Northampton Crown Court as she was spared a jail sentence for wilful misconduct in public office.
She is the second female officer convicted of misconduct in public office at the Wellingborough jail.
The Sun also revealed how caged gangsters are even bragging about paying female officers £20,000 for sex.
