It spreads like a virus and everything is heightened,' a former prison officer with intimate knowledge of Frankland said. He could be slashed, beaten up or have boiling water thrown into his face – all of those things happen in Frankland,' a prison officer source said. A former prison officer said staff would be fearful of copycat attacks. One former prison officer with intimate knowledge of Frankland said: 'I cannot understand how this could have possibly happened. Paedophile and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death in Wakefield Prison last October'Any good prison officer would have been between them, they would have been on them in split seconds.'

Source: Daily Mail March 14, 2026 01:45 UTC