Pictures of prisoners with steaks and fish and chips spark investigation
Pictures of steaks and takeaways smuggled into a prison which emerged on social media have sparked an investigation.
The images, taken on an illegally-possessed mobile phone inside HMP Guys Marsh, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, and posted online also appeared to depict drug possession.
It comes amid claims that the prison service is "in meltdown" - with concerns over the safety of staff and illegal activity within prisons.
Justice Secretary Liz Truss is set to resume talks with the prison officers' union later today after the High Court ordered the union to stand down a strike earlier this week.
Some of the pictures posted to social media appeared to show prisoners indulging in a range of smuggled food.
Fish and chips, steaks, burgers were all featured in the images, while some images depicted eggs being fried and omelettes prepared.
In other pictures, prisoners appeared to be in possession of drugs and alcohol.
A Prison Service spokesperson said of the images: "This behaviour is unacceptable. We will be referring this matter to the police for investigation and have had the social media profiles removed.
"We are stepping up measures to find and block mobile phones in prisons and those found with them face extra time behind bars".
It is believed that four of the six prisoners who were pictured in the social media posts have been moved to other prisons.
In the HM Inspectorate of Prisons' latest report, inspectors said staff had "all but lost control" of the Category C jail.