HMP Wandsworth, an all male jail the place jail guard Ms. Abreu labored.
Credit score: HMP Wandsworth, Fb
A British, feminine ex-prison officer has been jailed for having intercourse with an inmate in his cell while on responsibility.
Linda de Sousa Abreu was working as a guard on the all-male jail, HMP Wandsworth, in South West London when the incident occurred. Abreu and the inmate had been filmed by one other inmate while having intercourse between June 26 and June 28, 2024. A recording was additionally captured on the previous prison guard’s personal body-worn digicam.
The video footage was uploaded to social media and went viral on Thursday, June 27. Jail employees who recognized Abreu then alerted authorities. Abreu was detained the next day at Heathrow Airport while attempting to board a flight to Madrid along with her father.
Abreu had telephoned the jail previous to trying to board her flight saying she wouldn’t be returning to work.
Abreu pleaded responsible to misconduct in a public workplace.
The previous guard additionally admitted to having had intercourse with the prisoner on one other event to those who had been filmed, which led to the Decide’s deduction that the behaviour of Abreu was routine and never an remoted incident.
Through the courtroom listening to, Ms Abreu mentioned she had consented to sexual exercise with the prisoner and to a different prisoner filming the act, however to not the recording being printed on-line.
When sentencing Ms Abreu the decide mentioned the offence was ‘immensely critical’ and that the ex-guard was effectively conscious that her behaviour was ‘forbidden’. He additionally mentioned her actions had undermined self-discipline throughout the jail and put fellow officers in danger.
31-year-old Ms Abreu, who’s the mom of 1 little one, was sentenced to fifteen months in jail.
