Police were called to support colleagues at the prison shortly before 5pm and a number of officers from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Essex attended the scene, along with other emergency services. Two prisoners were taken to hospital during the incident, one of whom had fallen unwell and one who had sustained minor injuries during the unrest. Prisoners took over parts of Bedford prison in central England on Sunday night in what the prison workers' body described as a serious incident, with extra prison officers from across the country and local police drafted in to help regain control. We are absolutely clear that prisoners who behave in this way will be punished and could spend significantly longer behind bars.”

The riot came after the head of the Prison Officers Association (POA) Mike Rolfe last week warned British jails have been engulfed by a “bloodbath”. Steve Gillan, the general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, stopped short of describing the incident as a riot classing it instead as “concerted indiscipline” and said up to 200 prisoners could have been involved. “There was mobile phone coverage of the incident itself and also given reports on how easy it is to get drugs into the prison, people would be horrified if they saw how easy it was getting contraband in there.”

Mr Fuller said he will be seeking a meeting with the governor of Bedford Prison and will be meeting with Minister for Prisons Andrew Selous over the ‘riot’.
As many as 200 prisoners take over parts of HM Prison Bedford in Bedford, England, amid reports of a riot and explosions inside the Category B men's prison.