Inspectors found Rochester Prison had decrepit conditions, rising violence and widespread drug-use.

Nearly 1,000 people have been jailed in the last month in England and Wales, many linked to recent disorder.

Three-quarters of requests from prisons did not need an ambulance response, a watchdog finds.

Jordan McSweeney and prison instructor Hayley Jones have been charged over an alleged inappropriate relationship.

The government hopes that overcrowding will ease once new measures are brought in this September.

The Independent Monitoring Board reported a 22% increase of self-harming incidents.

The Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) found  several other concerns at HMP Rochester in Kent.

The government's top inspector said progress had been made at HMP Bristol but remained "fragile".