[1] E wing, a purpose-built drug treatment unit opened in 1998, with a holding capacity of 120 prisoners.

The officer (who is the son of a prison governor) had been discovered as he reported for his shift during a routine search.

[5] A further inspection report in September 2008, again praised Swaleside for being a safe prison with good staff-prisoner relations.

The report also highlighted improvements in the prisons anti-bullying, suicide and self-harm prevention arrangements.

However the report again criticised the amount of time prisoners spent in their cells, with a lack of work and training places available at the jail.

"[9] Swaleside is a Category B prison for adult males, more than half of them serving life sentences.

Rolfe has also described Swaleside as "a particularly difficult place to work" because of an "acute staff shortfall" and high levels of violence.

We need a much more subtle approach than what we have at the moment,[13]There was a riot at Swaleside in December 2016 when prisoners took over a wing for a time.