1 / 2000Read later0Read More'Contaminated drugs' kill two inmates and harm others as prison goes into lockdownThe Independent·Amy-Clare Martin·6 days ago#yAqaZyy6#independentcouk#independent#inmates#batch#warned+5 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagReading 0:0015s thresholdBookmark Skip to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle Home Office warned synthetic substance poses 'most severe threat to public health in decades'Two inmates have died and multiple medical emergencies have occurred at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire following a suspected bad batch of drugs.The category C men's prison was placed on complete lockdown as staff responded to the major incident.Sources reported up to 14 code blue medical alerts over two days, prompting multiple emergency responses including an air ambulance.Inmates were warned about a batch of contaminated spice, a synthetic cannabis, which is feared to be linked to the casualties.Police and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman have launched investigations into the deaths in custody.In fullPrison in lockdown as ‘bad drugs batch’ kills two inmates in major incidentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
