Who is the UK prison guard in alleged sex video with inmate at Wandsworth Prison?
The Metropolitan Police have opened an inquiry into an alleged sex video involving an inmate and prison guard inside scandal-ladened Wandsworth Prison.
The scandal-ladened Wandsworth Prison is in the news again after an investigation was opened by the Metropolitan Police when a video surfaced online of a prison guard and an inmate allegedly having sex in a cell at the jail. According to a report from MailOnline, who first broke the story, the incident is believed to have occurred recently.
In the footage a female officer in uniform can be seen performing a sex act with an unidentified prisoner while his cellmate films the explicit video on a mobile phone. The news outlet also claims to have identified who the prison guard was in the shocking video.
“We have been made aware of a video allegedly filmed inside HMP Wandsworth,” the Met Police said. “A police investigation is under way. At this early stage there have been no arrests. We are in close contact with the Ministry of Justice,” the statement continued.
“Staff corruption is not tolerated and the former prison officer allegedly featured in this video has been reported to the police,” an HM Prison Service spokesperson said. “It would be inappropriate to comment further while they investigate.”
Who is the UK prison guard in alleged sex video with inmate at Wandsworth Prison?
According to MailOnline, the officer involved, who is under investigation, is reportedly Linda De Sousa Abreu, 31, who left her job following the scandal. The outlet reports that her sister said that De Sousa and her husband had appeared on a racy TV show on Channel 4, ‘Open House: The Great Sex Experiment’. The risqué program put couples in a luxury country house where they would push the boundaries of their relationships.
Calls for Wandsworth Prison to be closed
Just two months ago, chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor, who previously said the prison should be closed, issued a damning report about the conditions at Wandsworth Prison. The “urgent notification” put the 170-year-old penal institution, one of the oldest and most famous prisons in the country, under special measures.
A surprise visit found that there was severe overcrowding, increasing violence among inmates and a high-level of drug use among those incarcerated. As well, hygienic conditions were incredibly poor with rats and sewage in cells commonplace and some prisoners not able to take showers for days on end.
The watchdog also found that prison staff, who were inexperienced and burnt-out, often were unable to properly account for prisoners’ whereabouts during the day. And security was still a serious concern even a year after terror suspect Daniel Khalife allegedly tried to escape.