A plan to take a prison warder hostage was discovered during a cell search at the Isle of Wight prison.
A ‘homemade ISIS flag’ was also found during the search.
“Detailed handwritten plans about how to escape”
The Mirror quote an unnamed source that “The evidence indicates the plot was very advanced.” The same source says “There were very detailed handwritten plans about how to escape from the jail.”
The BBC report, which has an official quote from the Department of Justice adds that ‘”a very basic description” of the interior of the prison was found’.
The Mirror speaks of an unnamed source’s fears that the inmate “planned to execute a prison officer, possibly by beheading.”
“Acting on intelligence”
The information was disclosed in a security report, distributed weekly, by the National Offender Management Service. The BBC has details that, “Acting on intelligence a prisoner’s cell was searched.”
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