Jail bosses could face inquiry after prisoner hangs himself

TWO prison governors could face a disciplinary inquiry yesterday after a damning report revealed that an inmate on suicide watch hanged himself in a secure unit where staff slept on duty.

Governor Alan Longwell and his deputy, Steve Davis, of Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim, will be the first jail bosses in the North to be investigated if the recommendations are accepted.

Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe’s report revealed that staff slept on makeshift beds, smoked and watched TV in a special unit where inmate Colin Bell hanged himself last August.