Overview
- Local reports say the incident occurred on November 20 in the Inpatient Unit at the prison’s Albany site.
- Two staff members were taken to St Mary’s Hospital with facial and arm injuries and have since been discharged, while a third sustained minor injuries.
- It is reported the prisoner used a makeshift weapon before being moved to a segregation unit.
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police have opened an investigation and stated that no arrests have been made.
- The Ministry of Justice condemned the attack as cowardly and said it pushes for the strongest possible punishments.