Overview

• West Yorkshire Police were called at 9:39am on Saturday to reports of an assault on a prisoner at the Category A jail, where he was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Two men, aged 25 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody as detectives from the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team investigate.
• Multiple outlets report he was attacked with a knife, though police have not released details of the injuries.
• The Prison Service said it cannot comment during the investigation, and the prison was placed on lockdown according to reports.
• Watkins was 12 years into a 29-year sentence for child sex offences and had previously suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a 2023 hostage attack at the same prison.