Man’s haunting message to detention guard after ‘inhuman abuse’

Devaney, 81, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison at Bristol Crown Court after being found guilty of misconduct in public office.

Mr Noman, from Cardiff, who now works as a support worker for a charity supporting vulnerable homeless young people across South Wales, described how he had been repeatedly abused by Devaney throughout his time at Eastwood Park.

He said his first interaction with the prison officer was on his very first night at the institution.

“He told me to run to the end of a corridor with my bed pack, read a sign on the door, and sprint back to him. He was screaming at me ‘run, run’,” he said.

“I got to the door, ran back, and he asked me ‘what was the sign?’.

“I said ‘no running’ – I had a slap across the head, a punch in the stomach, and he told me not to run.”