Other inmates watched and filmed as a prison officer played a Fifa-style video game with an inmate in his cell.
They found it amusing enough to post it on social media, where it gained so much attention that the Ministry of Justice intervened to take down the TikTok clip.
The clip showed the uniformed guard leaving the cell, with the caption overlaid: ‘He try run’, the Sun reported.
It’s not quite at the level of guards having sex with prisoners, as in the case of Linda De Sousa Abreu, who was jailed earlier this year – and the guard himself is not accused of wrongdoing.
But the government is now investigating after the video was filmed on a prisoner’s mobile phone, which they should not have had behind bars.
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It was not clear which prison the video was filmed at, or when.
Video games are not banned outright in prison, although any console should not be WiFi enabled.
Prisoners can only access TVs if they have earned the right, and only use them if they are not required to be at work or in education.
Government sources told Metro the guard had not done anything wrong, as in some circumstances, guards playing video games in prisons can help build better relationships and reduce violence.
However, authorities clearly wouldn’t have wanted it to end up online from an illicit phone camera, and the video has now been removed from social media.
An investigation is underway to identify the prisoner responsible for the video.
In the most notorious incident of prison officer wrongdoing recently, Linda De Sousa Abreu was filmed having sex with prisoner Linton Weirich at HMP Wandsworth in south London.
A viral video showed the pair having sex while De Sousa Abreu’s radio crackled with messages in the background.
Weirich’s cellmate filmed the liaison on his phone, and could be heard saying: ‘This is how we roll in Wandsworth.’
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: ‘We removed these posts immediately and are investigating.
‘Those who break prison rules will be punished and can face extra time behind bars.’
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