A SCANDAL jail where 18 female staff were fired or resigned over affairs with inmates has been hit by a staffing crisis.
The women’s departures have contributed to the shortage at Britain’s largest male prison.
A new Independent Monitoring Boards report describes the staff issue as “the biggest destabilising factor” at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, North Wales.
The 18 cases have arisen since the 2,100-capacity jail opened in early 2017.
It has emerged that some of the 18 were operational staff at the prison.