Linda de Sousa Abreu, a former prison guard, was sentenced to prison in the United Kingdom.
31-year-old Brazilian woman sentenced to 15 months in prison in the United Kingdom, after a video of sexual intercourse inside a cell was widely shared online and went viral. Linda de Sousa Abreu made other guards “easy targets”.
The former Brazilian prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 15 months in prison. for misconduct in public office.
The 31-year-old Brazilian woman and the inmate were filmed in a cell, between June 26 and 28, performing sexual acts. After the video of the sexual encounter was widely shared online and went viral, Linda De Sousa Abreu was identified by prison officials.
The Brazilian was detained at London’s Heathrow Airport as he prepared to board a flight to Madrid with his father after meeting declared guilty of the crime of improbity in the exercise of public functions.
Four months ago, while awaiting sentencing, the Brazilian showed off her ankle bracelet in a video published on social media.
The London Metropolitan Police reported that investigations are ongoing in relation to two inmates identified not video. Linda confessed her relationship with Linton Weirich36, arrested for stealing £65,000 (around €78,000) worth of valuables from a flat in Kensington.
The court was also informed that another recording, which showed Linda de Sousa Abreu performing a sexual act with one of the inmates, was found in her body camera provided by the prison.
The Brazilian also admitted to having had sexual relations with that inmate on another occasion, which led the judge to state that the video that went viral was not an isolated case, but part of repeated behavior.
Case made guards “easy targets”, says prison director
Abreu’s actions “destroyed in less than a day” many years of work by female staff at male-only prisons, the director of Wandsworth prison said.
In a statement to Isleworth Crown Court, Andrew Davy said that many female prison staff had reported an increase in inappropriate comments and harassment from prisoners and that following this episode they began to be seen as “easy targets”.
“While the overwhelming majority of Prison Service staff are dedicated and honest, we are increasingly identifying the small minority who break the rules, strengthening our Anti-Corruption Unit and strengthening our vetting processes,” said a Service spokesperson Prison.
The Prison Officers Association, which represents prison workers, acknowledged that there are a small number of corrupt officials in prisons that harm the work of others.
