September 4, 2023 2.52 pm This story is over 11 months old

Former Lincoln prison officer sentenced for neglect of prisoner who took own life

‘A gross failure in his duties as a prison officer’

A former prison officer at HMP Lincoln has received an eight-month suspended sentence after faking records relating to a prisoner who took his life.

Luke Thomas, 32, failed to carry out essential checks on a vulnerable inmate and manipulated records concerning the prisoner’s well-being.

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