The former boss of an open prison is now suing the service over claims she was discriminated against because she is a lesbian.
Sharon Jefcut, then Sharon Williams, was the governor of HMP Ford in West Sussex when around 40 inmates went on a drunken New Year's Day rampage in 2011, causing around £5million of damage.
The inmates had been bingeing on smuggled champagne, brandy, whisky and vodka at the Category D prison before the 'unprecedented' riot which saw it set on fire.
It emerged shortly afterwards that Sharon Jefcut had split with her husband and was in a relationship with prison officer Jackie Jefcut.