Gov't sued over prison lockdown treatment

A group of people are suing the Department of Homes Affairs about their treatment in prison during a coronavirus lockdown last year.

A group of people are suing the Department of Homes Affairs about their treatment in prison during a coronavirus lockdown last year.

They claim the department was negligent and breached human rights when they were held in Jurby jail's isolation unit last April.

The government is disputing the case.

A court hearing has consolidated all their cases into one, which will next be called on June 20 at a case management hearing.