Senior prison officer ‘failed to confiscate noose from suicidal inmate’

  A senior prison officer with 25 years of service failed to confiscate a noose from a vulnerable inmate who was later found hanged in his cell, a court heard. Joseph Travers, 55, knew of the distress and vulnerability of tragic Ryan Harvey, who took his life at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, Bucks, in May 2015, it is claimed. Mr Harvey, 23, was considered a risk and had already been found with a noose around his neck the day before…