RENO COUNTY — A former Kansas Department of Corrections employee facing a felony charge for sexual contact with an inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility was back in court Monday. Amy Hapner entered a not guilty plea.

In January, Hapner waived her right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of unlawful sexual relations for the encounter where she’s accused of consensual lewd fondling or touching of inmate, Donell Williams. The alleged crime occurred on May 7, 2016.

Williams is serving time for two counts of murder in the first degree for crimes out of Wyandotte County.

Reno County District Judge Trish Rose set a tentative trial date on the case for April 17.