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All inmates to move out of HMP Dartmoor in radon scare – union

A POA spokesperson said: “Staff have been informed today and will be temporarily redeployed to other prisons in the area.”

More than 400 prisoners were moved from the Devon prison after the Health and Safety Executive launched an investigation in December 2023.

A Prison Service spokesperson said earlier this month the prisoners would be “gradually returned to HMP Dartmoor following conversations with the Health and Safety Executive as we have ongoing mitigations in place to limit radon exposure”.

Prisoner transfers back to Dartmoor recommenced on 1 July, the Ministry of Justice said at the time.

Peak radon levels detected at HMP Dartmoor in 2020 and 2023 were 10 times the recommended workplace limit, according to the response to a Freedom of Information request submitted by the BBC.

Radon is a colourless and odourless radioactive gas formed by decaying uranium found in rocks and soils.

Levels may be higher in parts of the country rich in granite, such as Dartmoor, according to the UK Health Security Agency.


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