THE EMERGENCY services descended on Feltham Young Offenders Institute this week after a prison officer had an accident.

The London Ambulance Service were called shortly after 1pm on Wednesday and sent an air ambulance, two ambulance crews and a single vehicle responder.

Staff treated a man at the scene who was suffering from pain in his back and legs.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: "A prison officer at Feltham Young Offenders Institute had an accident on Wednesday March 9 and was taken to hospital.

"No one else was involved in the incident."