The government’s troubled flagship “super-prison” has now seen its third leadership change in just two years after its governor was sent to take over at another struggling jail – in a situation likened to rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.
Repeated leadership changes have caused disruption since HMP Five Wells opened in March 2022, inspectors warned in April, with nearly two-thirds of staff having left already, and drug use reported to be rampant.
