Record number of female prison officers fired for having sex with male lags in the past three years
A RECORD number of female prison officers were fired for having sex with male lags in the past three years.
Twenty-nine have been given the boot since 2021 after being caught romping behind bars.
Some have been sneaking lags into staff-only areas for the seedy sessions.
Ministry of Justice figures obtained by The Sun on Sunday show the number soared from just nine between 2017 and 2019.
Bosses launched 124 investigations after tip-offs about women warders’ “inappropriate” relationships with cons, with 50 complaints upheld.
But not all were fired, with some suspended or moved on to a new role.
No male screws were busted with female prisoners but three same-sex relationships were discovered by investigators.
Last week, officer Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, admitted misconduct in public office after a video showed her having sex with a burglar serving time at London’s Wandsworth jail.
Previously, two female guards admitted a three-way relationship with an inmate.
Aleesha Bates, 29, was jailed for two years and eight months but Jodie Wilkes, 27, got a 12-month suspended sentence after the goings on at HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale.
Last month, we told of Albanian gangsters bragging online about paying £2,000 for sex with junior female prison staff.
The Prison Service was asked to comment.
Screws in paradise
BRITISH prison officers have been flown to a paradise island after a mutiny by local jail workers.
The six will spend a month on the tiny Caribbean isle of Anguilla.
They will run a prison that can hold as few as 35 cons at one time.
It comes after an inmate escorted by warders was shot dead outside a court.
Officers at Anguilla East jail were incensed when all leave was cancelled — leaving them unable to attend Anguilla Summer Festival.
A source said: “The festival is the highlight of the summer. They effectively walked out, leaving the island’s jail in the hands of a few management.”
The government in the British Overseas Territory made an SOS to the UK.
A source said: “It’s the best secondment ever — a month on a paradise island looking after a handful of prisoners.”