Disgraced prison guard Linda De Sousa Abreu who reluctantly had sex in her cell shares a wing with Sara Sharif’s murderous stepmother, Beinash Batool.
Some of Britain’s most prominent female prisoners are housed in the same unit and given special treatment including their own showers and comfortable jobs.
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Disgraced prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu
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De Sousa Abreu was filmed messing with a prisonerCredit: Central News
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Beinash Batool was jailed for killing Sara Sharif’s stepdaughterCredit: PA
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HMP Bronzefield houses some of the UK’s most notorious murderersCredit: Alamy
Baby killer Lucy Letby and killer mother Sian Hedges are also being held in the same wing inside HMP Bronzefield as Batool and De Sousa Abreu.
Known as House Block 4, the unit is reserved for those serving life sentences and prisoners who have been granted enhanced status due to good behavior behind bars.
But an insider revealed that offenders from high-profile court cases would often be moved to soft cells to keep them away from the rest of the prison population.
De Sousa Abreu, 30, is understood to have already been placed in the unit despite only being sentenced on Monday for having sex while serving at Wandsworth Prison.
A married guard was roaming around with burglar Linton Weirich dressed in full uniform.
The 30-year-old was arrested after the X-rated footage – taken by another inmate – was widely shared on social media.
IN PRISON
De Sousa Abreu was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of misconduct in public office. He will serve half of the time in custody, and the rest on license.
Authorities checked her prison body-worn camera and found a video of her having oral sex with Linton Weirich earlier the same day the viral sex tape was taken.
During the clip shared on social media, her radio crackles with messages mentioning “all stations” and “active patrols,” but De Sousa Abreu continues regardless.
A source told The Sun: “Inmates in House Block 4 are kept separate from the rest of the prison because some of them are high-risk or high-profile cases.
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“They stay away so they don’t get attacked by other inmates who may have seen their case on television.
“All the baby killers team up there – Lucy Letby, Beinash Batool, Sian Hedges and Michelle Smith.
“They get more space, a private yard, and all cells have bigger beds with showers inside the room.
“They spend so much time together there. Everyone eats together unless they choose to eat alone in their cell.
“Even though they’re there for such horrific crimes, it’s almost like they’re protected.”
De Sousa Abreu is understood to have been taken straight to HMP Bronzefield from Isleworth Crown Court when she was posted on Monday.
She will share the premises with Sian Hedges, who was found guilty last January of murdering her 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips, who also lives in the block.
A previous inspector’s report found that the block “was more open and light than other blocks of flats” and that it was “tidy and well equipped”.
There are no doors on different parts of the cells, known as spurs, so women can “move around more easily” and the block is quieter than others.
All women have showers in their cells instead of sharing them.
Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey, is a purpose-built women’s prison with around 450 inmates divided into four housing blocks, one mother and baby unit, an inpatient facility and a 12-bed segregation unit.
All female offenders charged under the Terrorism Act are also held there.
In the last prison inspection in 2022, there were 50 women on life sentences, and 15 serving more than 10 years.
Letby is believed to have struck up a friendship with Batool behind bars and they were seen playing cards together in the rest area between the cells.
Surrey Prison has previously held notorious female inmates, including Tracey Connelly and Rosemary West.
The Sun has contacted Sodexo, which operates the prison, for comment. The Ministry of Justice declined to comment.
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Baby killer nurse Lucy Letby
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Cell at HMP BronzefieldCredits: PA: Press Association
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De Sousa Abreu will serve half of his sentence in custodyCredit: Metropolitan Police
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De Sousa Abreu, pictured at a previous court hearing, was arrested at Heathrow Airport after the video went viralCredit: Ray Collins
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Batool and Urfan Sharif were arrested at Gatwick AirportCredit: PA
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