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| Search following prison lockdown | Search following prison lockdown |
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| A full lockdown search is being conducted at a prison near Wolverhampton following a suspected security breach. | |
| Specially-trained staff and dogs are carrying out the search at the category C HMP Featherstone, in Staffordshire. | Specially-trained staff and dogs are carrying out the search at the category C HMP Featherstone, in Staffordshire. |
| The Ministry of Justice said it followed information received by authorities at the 615-cell prison. | The Ministry of Justice said it followed information received by authorities at the 615-cell prison. |
| HMP Featherstone houses inmates who are serving sentences ranging from three years to life. | |
| A Prison Service spokesperson said the lockdown - a thorough search of the jail while inmates are in their cells - would take place for "as long as the prison deems necessary to satisfy themselves that security has not been compromised". | |
| Staffordshire Police said it was not involved in the incident. |