Government accused of cover-up after Ford Prison riot (From The Argus)

Government accused of cover-up after Ford Prison riot (From The Argus): "Government has been accused of staging a cover-up by refusing to publish a report into the New Year’s Day riot at Ford Prison.

The Ministry of Justice’s decision to keep the findings of its inquiry into the £3 million rampage under wraps has provoked criticism from prison officers and the community living near the open prison.

Burnt-out buildings at the prison, near Arundel, were being bulldozed (pictured) this week as independent monitors revealed the Prison Service had been warned about low staff numbers weeks before 40 inmates torched the prison’s B Wing.

Only two prison officers and four support staff were guarding about 500 men on the night of New Year’s Eve, when efforts to breathalyse inmates triggered a mutiny which lasted well into the following day."

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