Jail bosses ‘handed secret info to criminals’

Two married jail bosses accused of handing secret information to criminals will stand trial in September next year, a court heard today (fri). Pete Nichols, 47, a corruption prevention manager at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, allegedly enabled the government restricted information to be obtained between 7 November and 15 December 2021. Jessica Nichols, 41, a governor at young offenders institution HMP Feltham is charged with causing a computer to perform a function to enable unauthorised access to data. She is one…