Lewes Prison ‘major incident’ with multiple prisoners ‘unwell’ and decontamination tent set up...

The prisoners are all thought to have eaten the same meal and no-one is considered to be in a life threatening condition or seriously ill, PA reported officials as saying.One ambulance at the prison was a CBRN ambulance which deals with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events.

That local paper understands that ten to 15 prisoners were being treated and two are in a life-threatening condition.Helen Flanagan reveals shock psychosis diagnosis after struggling with split A spokesman said: "We can confirm we are attending an incident at HMP Lewes reported to us at approximately midday today."

Sussex Police also confirmed they were assisting the ambulance service "following the report of a medical incident at HMP Lewes at around 12.30pm."As a category B prison, it primarily holds prisoners taken straight from courts in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.The major incident was stood down and no patients were received by Eastbourne.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue said it was "currently working with other agencies and specialist teams to ascertain the cause of the issue" and referred queries to police.

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