An inmate from Wayland Prison remains in hospital after being airlifted by the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
The helicopter was called to the jail, just outside Watton, at about 3pm yesterday and the man was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
A Prison Service spokesman said: 'A prisoner from HMP Wayland was taken by air ambulance to a local hospital following a serious self-harm incident on Tuesday, July 10. The prisoner remains in hospital where he is receiving treatment.'
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