Inspectors, who said HMP Bedford prisoners regularly ignored rules, found the smell of drugs "pervading" some wings and an infestation of rats. The chief inspector of prisons has triggered an ...

Footage has emerged from Bedford Prison where police were called following reports of unrest, which officials say has been resolved. A riot at HMP Bedford saw prison officers from across the ...

A Prison Service spokesman said: ‘Specially trained prison officers and staff from the emergency services have successfully resolved an incident involving a number of prisoners at HMP Bedford.

Her majesty’s chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, visited HMP Bedford at the end of last year to find appalling standards of accommodation in some of the cells. He said that on the E ...

In a recent report on HMP Bedford, inmates claimed it was easier to get hold of drugs than clothes or bedding. "We do know there's concerted ill-discipline, if not a riot situation going on at ...

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the “filthy” conditions at HMP Bedford are some of the worst he has seen amid warnings that levels of violence remained “very high”, with the ...

Makeshift weapons including bladed toilet brushes and knives made from bedframes were shown to the justice secretary during a prison visit. Shabana Mahmood was given a tour of HMP Bedford as the ...

In a letter to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk setting out the issues, Mr Taylor said HMP Bedford has “consistently failed to provide good outcomes for prisoners” across four inspections since 2016.

The governor of HMP Bedford, Helen Clayton-Hoar, issued letters to officers, giving them a "direct order to return to work". Steve Gillan, general secretary of the POA, said there was a "rising ...