Overview

• Channel 4’s documentary UK Prisons Exposed: Sex, Drugs and Corruption, presented by former inmate David Navarro, uses covert footage and interviews to expose guard corruption.
• Prisoners say they pay guards up to £500 to smuggle in items such as KFC bargain buckets, mobile phones and drugs.
• Former inmates and officers describe inappropriate sexual relationships between staff and prisoners, including a 2022 conviction of a warder for misconduct.
• Inmates exploit low staff pay and use blackmail with personal messages or photos to coerce officers into smuggling contraband.
• The Prison Service says the majority of staff are honest and is stepping up investigations through its Counter-Corruption Unit.