A former employee at the Women's Correctional Facility has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl over the Internet.

Tyler M. Wong, 30, received the maximum sentence today after the prosecutor in the case argued that the defendant had shown no remorse and posed a continuing danger to the community.

Circuit Judge Randal Lee handed down the sentence.

Wong, who was working as a recreational therapist at the women's prison in Kailua when he was arrested April 4, pleaded no contest to a charge of electronic enticement of a child.

Wong was actually communicating with a law enforcement agent posing as a 13-year-old girl when he made arrangements for a late-night meeting at the site of the old Kam Swap Meet on Moanalua Road.

After his arrest, Wong "failed to take responsibility for his actions," said Deputy Attorney General Albert Cook, who prosecuted the case.