Overview
- Amy Hatfield, 40, describes becoming infatuated with inmate Joseph Whittingham and says she "liked the thrill" of smuggling.
- She admits using her mental-health role to bring in phones, knives and drugs including liquid Spice in Ribena bottles, with contraband worth about £1 million.
- Anti-corruption officers intercepted her at the gate in October 2019 with two litres of liquid Spice, and toxicology later linked that batch to an inmate’s death.
- Seventeen people were convicted over the network; Hatfield received 10 years and two months in 2023 and was released after serving half.
- Whittingham died in custody at HMP Woodhill in January 2025, and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is still investigating the cause.