Two female prison officers QUIT as two others are suspended amid probe into ‘inappropriate relations’ with inmates at all-male HMP The Mount
- Investigation launched amid claims four staff had relationships with inmates
- Two women have left the staff while two female officers have been suspended
- Comes after report found staff shortages at jail, which was hit by riot last year
Two female prison officers have quit and two others have been suspended amid a probe into alleged relationships with inmates, it was reported this morning.
The investigation was launched after three officers and a prison admin worker at HMP Mount in near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire were accused of having ‘inappropriate relations’ with criminals serving jail sentences.
Police are also looking into the claims, which could lead to misconduct in public office charges.
Two women prison officers have left HMP The Mount and two others have been suspended after authorities launched an investigation into alleged relationships with inmates
The women have not been named and it is unclear whether they deny the claims against them.
A source at the prison told The Sun a ‘high number of young, inexperienced female staff’ joined in recent months and the four departures had left the jail in ‘complete chaos’.
The Ministry of Justice have been contacted for comment.
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The Mount in Hertfordshire is a category C prison with capacity for about 1,000 men, some of whom are serving indefinite and life sentences.
A riot squad had to be drafted into the jail in July and August last year after trouble broke out.
A recent inspection report found more than 1,412 disciplinary charges had been brought against inmates in the previous six months, while around a quarter of prisoners had drug problems.
The category C prison houses around 1,000 men, some of whom are serving life sentences
The report, written in May this year, stated: ‘There was evidence that since we last inspected staff-prisoner relationships had deteriorated.
‘The situation had not been helped by staff shortages that were only beginning to be rectified.’
It continued: ‘The evidence we found made very clear to us that The Mount was a prison undergoing significant difficulties. Across a broad range of indicators there had been deterioration in recent years, not helped by crippling staff shortages.
‘There was some encouragement in that new staff would be arriving at the prison within the coming months, and managers were keen to emphasise that they saw the prison as being in recovery and following an improving trajectory.’
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