MoJ steps in at private prison after series of suspected suicides

Governor is sacked and a review of conditions is launched at HMP Lowdham Grange near Nottingham

Ministers have taken over a private prison in England after a series of suspected suicides, the “ready availability” of illegal drugs, high levels of self-harm and “significant staffing issues”.

The prisons minister has sacked the governor of HMP Lowdham Grange, a category B men’s prison near Nottingham that was taken over by Sodexo in February this year.