Overview
- Unnamed insiders say West befriended a vulnerable woman in her 20s over weeks before a sexual assault in a cell at the women’s prison near Wakefield.
- Reports state officers responded and she was brought before a governor for an adjudication, after which her privileges were removed.
- Sanctions described include loss of extra canteen funds, television and DVD access, workshop participation and extended time out of her cell.
- Coverage notes uncertainty over whether guards intervened during the incident or the woman reported it afterward.
- West is housed in Rivendell House, a specialist unit where she has previously been reported to cultivate relationships with younger inmates, and the Prison Service has been asked for comment.