The Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday said it was ‘appalled, embarrassed and gutted’ after a video of an official and a prisoner having sex surfaced on social networks.
The department said the incident happened at the Ncome Correctional Centre in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal.
The video of the female warden and the male prisoner being intimate in what looks like a room inside the prison has been circulated widely on social networks, with many insinuating that the warden did not know that a video was being taken.
At the beginning of the video, which remained the top trend on Twitter for all of Wednesday, the prisoner is seen placing the phone’s camera where it has a view of the area where the sex act takes place and then walking back to kiss the warden who has her back against a wall.
The prisoner is then seen reaching back and taking a key, he then locks the door and goes back to the warden. After the deed, the prisoner then dresses the warden and kisses her again.
Singabakho Nxumalo, the department’s spokesperson said, “Sexual activities between inmates and correctional service officials are shameful and that can never be ascribed of what is expected of our officials.”
In a statement, the department said both the warden and the prisoner would be disciplined.
“The official involved has been identified and she will be subjected to a disciplinary process with immediate effect. Disciplinary measures have also been instituted against the inmate. Correctional Officials are expected to abide by a code of conduct, and despicable acts of sexual activities with inmates shall never be tolerated.”
The department also urged those in possession of the video to stop sharing it.
There were allegations online that the pair is a married couple.
Later on in the day, many on social media were sharing information that the warden had committed suicide. Nxumalo said this was untrue.
“Those are lies, pure lies. The official is alive and we have given her a suspension letter,” said Nxumalo.
A KwaZulu-Natal correctional officer who was captured on camera while engaging in sexual activity with a prisoner, has been suspended.
“We have charged that official with a suspension letter. The letter has been handed to her and she has been suspended now. The investigation has been broaden[ed] beyond just the two people involved in the video,” Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo told News24 on Wednesday.
A Twitter post claiming the two were married was false, according to Nxumalo. “That is not true. There is no relationship there.”
The officer and inmate are from the Ncome Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.
It’s the sex scandal that went global: An inmate and a guard at a KZN prison in Ncome were filmed ‘getting it on’ this week, grossly violating Correctional Services’ most simple rules. However, amid the media frenzy, some claims have been completely fabricated – leading to the emergence of several prominent ‘fake news stories’.
KZN prison sex scandal – fact or fiction?
Both parties involved are set to face strict disciplinary action. The Justice Ministry has been left red-faced too, and despite its best efforts to prevent the explicit video clips from spreading, a number of major porn sites are now featuring the footage. It’s still illegal to distribute or share the footage yourself, as this constitutes a ‘revenge porn’ offence.
Separating facts from fiction when a story gets this salacious isn’t an easy task. But we’ve identified three claims that have since been debunked in the past 24 hours. If anyone in your WhatsApp groups tries to tell you about any of these, make sure you point them in the right direction to prevent ‘fake news’ articles reaching anyone else within your circle.
Prisoner-guard sex tape – busting the fake news:
Claim: The couple featured in the video are actually married
Reality: Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo has poured cold water on this one, almost immediately after the sex scandal became public knowledge. Online sleuths thought they’d uncovered a major conspiracy on Wednesday, but according to Nxumalo, ‘it is simply not true that the prisoner and the official are married’.
Claim: The female prison guard from Ncome has committed suicide
Reality: This never happened. Although the warden has deleted her Facebook account, she remains alive and well pending a disciplinary hearing. The confusion appears to arise from a story that broke in 2017 – where a prison guard working at Losperfontein Correctional Centre in North West DID kill herself, after her relationship with an inmate went public.
Claim: These pictures prove that the pair had a relationship
Reality: Several pictures of a woman kissing and caressing a male in orange overalls was purported to feature the Ncome sex scandal duo. However, this is once again a false claim. The pictures that circulated online relate to a story from four years ago – they DO NOT show the amorous pair who got themselves caught on camera this week
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