Overview
- The incident took place on November 20 inside the inpatient unit on the prison’s Albany site in Newport.
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police have launched an investigation, with no arrests reported to date.
- The attacker reportedly used an improvised weapon, and the prisoner has been moved to a segregation unit.
- A 32-year-old officer sustained facial injuries, a 28-year-old suffered wounds to his right arm, and a third colleague had minor injuries.
- Two officers were treated at St Mary’s Hospital and have since been discharged, as the Ministry of Justice vowed to pursue the strongest possible punishments.