After the urgent notification was issued, the government said refurbishments, extra staff training and a review of security would take take place at HMP Rochester.

Decrepit conditions, rising violence and self-harm, widespread illicit drug use and a lack of activity to prepare men for ...

Decrepit conditions, rising violence and self-harm, widespread illicit drug use and a lack of activity to prepare men for release were found at HMP Rochester in Kent during the inspection ...

HMP young offenders institute, Cookham Wood, was previously found to have "a near total breakdown in behaviour management" by the Chief Inspector of Prisons' last year.