Pictures have emerged on social media where a Losperfontein Correctional Centre employee is seen to be intimate with a prison inmate.The incident has caused the employee to take her own life on Monday morning and a suicide case had been opened.

You recall earlier today, we reported how a female prison warder was caught on camera with a male prisoner.

Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said it is unclear how the pictures were shared and who shared them.

He further stated that in the case of the inmate involved, an investigation is underway to indicate the violations and to recommend sanctions.

“The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has been made aware of images involving an official and inmate, from Losperfontein Correctional Centre, in an intimate position circulating on social media,” Nxumalo said.“

As this is disturbing and strictly prohibited, the department condemns this type of behaviour in the strongest possible terms.