A number of prisoners are believed to have fallen ill after getting food poisoning at Lewes
prison. Some of the inmates were taken to hospital for treatment in the incident at the category B jail in East Sussex on Thursday, the PA news agency has said. Around "ten to 15" people are thought to be unwell but the total number of people affected is yet to be confirmed. The prisoners are all thought to have eaten the same meal and no-one is considered to be in a life threatening condition or seriously ill, according to officials. HMP Lewes is not in lockdown and it is understood the incident is not at this time believed to be related to drugs. A spokesman from East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said: "Earlier today, Eastbourne District General Hospital was stood up to potentially receive casualties following an incident at HMP Lewes. We have now been stood down. "Care at the hospital has not been affected, and continues to operate as usual". Sussex
police confirmed its officers were attending a medical incident and had been alerted at about 12:30pm. According to , at least two people are said to be in a life-threatening condition but this has not been confirmed by emergency services.