WATCH VIDEO >> HMP Wandsworth video 

A woman has been charged with misconduct in public office over a video allegedly showing a member of staff having sex with an inmate in a south London prison cell.

The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation on Friday “after officers were made aware of a video allegedly filmed inside HMP Wandsworth” that was shared on social media.

It said a woman was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office the same day and taken into police custody.

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of Fulham, has now been charged and will appear in custody at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the Met Police said.

It comes two months after a watchdog called for the scandal-hit prison to be put into emergency measures amid concerns over failings in security and severe problems with overcrowding, drugs, violence and self-harm.

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor wrote to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk to issue an urgent notification for improvement at the category B Victorian jail in south-west London after “deeply concerning” inspection findings.

Mr Taylor – who previously suggested the jail should be closed – told Mr Chalk the prison was “still reeling” from a “very high-profile” alleged escape in September last year.

The footage, which MailOnline understands to be recent, then appears to shows her having sex with the prisoner while his cellmate films on a mobile phone. Footage of the cell shows a TV and piles of clothes heaped over a bunk bed.

A friend who is smoking while recording says: ‘Guys we’ve made history, this is what I’m telling you.’

Linda De Sousa Abreu has been charged with misconduct over a video showing a female prison officer apparently having sex with an inmate in a Wandsworth jail cell

MailOnline revealed on Friday that the woman in the video was De Sousa Abreu

The woman is seen wearing uniform during the explicit clip where she appears to have sex with an unidentified prisoner at the Category A jail in south-west London

She is understood to have recently quit her job as a prison officer in the South London jail following the scandal

The explicit clip begins with the woman apparently performing a sex act on an unidentified prisoner at the Category A jail in south-west London

The Victorian gatehouse of HMP Wandsworth, which was built in 1851 as the Surrey House of Correction

‘This is incredibly stupid and dangerous, and the officer has acted outrageously – and put herself in harm’s way,’ they said.

The partner of an inmate caught on video having sex with a prison officer turned up at the jail in a ‘blind fury’ after seeing the footage.

In the explicit footage the woman is seen wearing her uniform, which begins with her performing a sex act on an unidentified prisoner at HMS Wandsworth in south-west London.

Now sources speaking to the Sun claimed that the prisoner’s girlfriend and young daughter turned up at the Category A jail yesterday in a blind fury after seeing the racy film.