A prison nurse and her inmate lover who “flooded” a jail with drugs are among 16 people sentenced today in what is believed to be the UK’s largest-ever prison drugs conspiracy.
Amy Hatfield, 38, who worked as a mental health nursing assistant at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, smuggled illicit packages to inmate Joseph Whittingham, with whom she became “infatuated” after they started a sexual relationship in 2018.
On Friday, Hatfield and Whittingham were among 16 defendants – which included other inmates, family members and associates – to be handed sentences totalling more than 80 years at Sheffield Crown Court. A 17th defendant, William Francis, will be sentenced at a later date.
The group were involved in a smuggling network which brought contraband, including drugs, knives and mobile phones, into Doncaster jail between 2018 and 2020.
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21 Comments
Just read the book The Governor by Vanessa Frake, a realistic look into prison systems, highly recommend
Criminal masterminds 🙄
In all honesty they probably keep the place calm and everybody mellow.
Even prison guards admit the prisons are safer and quieter when everyone is doped. Imagine sitting with psychopaths needing a fix.
Ahh how we love this multiculturalism 👍
This is just the system throwing a bone to the public as we’ve all seen the prisoners with iPhones videos.
It’s the tip of the iceberg, anyone who’s been away knows that.
Wow hardly criminal masterminds are they dumber and dumber
The prison system has failed
Send them to PRISON!!!!
She upset the wrong people or is this just theater? Dunno why she's being singled out. This crime is common af.
Absolutely brain dead woman, how on earth did she think it was going to end 😂
That girl giving the drugs to the guy using the tissue😂😂😂😂😂😂😂is this for real😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It makes you wonder how common this is in UK prisons and the damage that has been done.
What a creep. Is that all the time she gets? Pair of morons in front of cctv. Has it really taken this long to bring to court?
Prisons are Hotels these days,
This all seems so easily avoided.
Screens ect.
This could easily be a mule, you let one get caught whilst 9 get through, generally it’s the smackheads who come in to visit that are used to do that.
My cousin got done for supplying hmp she did like 16 weeks but she was just a civi doing it.
Unfortunately, it makes no difference they haven’t even got room in these prisons to keep the people they have already got lol never mind new offenders.
At last, some reasonable prison time, rather than a slap on the wrists.
Visa and so what u are international fool
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Worst pass n catch ever 😂😂 would have been less conspicuous if she had actually served it with a bat 🏏 and he caught it with a glove 🥊 ….. im not saying i could do better but id never try 🤷♀️