A woman has been prosecuted in relation to a social media video that purports to show a prison staff member having sex with an inmate in a cell.

According to the Metropolitan Police, Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of west London's Fulham neighborhood, was accused of misconduct in public office on Saturday.

The Metropolitan Police also said that "after officers were made aware of a video allegedly filmed inside HMP Wandsworth," the investigation got underway on Friday.

Monday is Ms. De Sousa Abreu's scheduled court appearance at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court.

In May, an "urgent notification" about conditions at HMP Wandsworth was issued by chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor.

It came after inspectors found Wandsworth was stricken with severe overcrowding, vermin and rising violence among inmates.

HM Inspectorate of Prisons declined to comment due to the pre-election period.

Ministry of Justice figures from June 2023, quoted by the House of Commons Library, showed HMP Wandsworth was operating at 163% of Certified Normal Accommodation - the standard that the Prison Service aspires to provide all prisoners.

There are more than 1,500 inmates at the jail in south-west London, which was built in 1851.