"The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) criticised HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) for failing to manage radon exposure at HMP Dartmoor in Devon, where hundreds were exposed to radon levels above the legal limit. The prison service finally took action to evacuate people at the end of 2023 after repeated warnings, and, by August 2024, had moved all inmates out of the Victorian-age jail."
"Hundreds of former prisoners and staff have now joined a class action lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), with former prisoners and officers telling The Independent they were left in the dark about their exposure. The HSE announced on Wednesday that it intended to issue the prison service with a crown censure in relation to the scandal."
"That is the maximum sanction available to the regulator and the equivalent of authorising criminal charges, though no criminal charges will be brought against"
The Health and Safety Executive criticised HM Prison and Probation Service for failing to manage radon exposure at HMP Dartmoor in Devon. Hundreds of people were exposed to radon levels above the legal limit. The prison service took action only after repeated warnings, evacuating people at the end of 2023 and moving all inmates out by August 2024. Hundreds of former prisoners and staff have joined a class action lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice. Former prisoners and officers say they were left unaware of their exposure. The HSE announced it intended to issue a crown censure, the maximum sanction available to the regulator, equivalent to authorising criminal charges, though no criminal charges will be brought.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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