A CHAOTIC picture of prison officers being bussed from one jail to another to plug gaps caused by staff shortages has emerged in a watchdog report.

HM Prisons Inspectorate visited HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent and found that he prison remained “far too violent,” “continues to struggle” and that its “outcomes still need to improve dramatically.”

According to the inspectorate, the prison is relying on staff on “detached duty” loaned from other prisons to deliver “even a severely restricted daily routine.”