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The internal report into that incident paints a picture of systematic incompetence at the jail that allowed this gross breach of security to occur.



The internal report into how Ian Huntley had been able to hoard enough anti-depressant tablets to put him in a coma in his prison cell found serious systems failures at the prison.



The prisoner was rushed to hospital last week after officers found him having a fit on the cell floor.



Home Office minister Paul Goggins said the report found Huntley's prison care "concentrated more on protecting him from other prisoners than on the risk of self-harm" and that the "arrangements were not robust enough to combat complacency and conditioning."



Huntley had hidden 29 pills inside tea bags in his cell. Allegations have since been made that officers handing out these drugs were not medically trained. As well as specifying deficiencies in searching practices the report found that "the procedures for dispensing medication to Mr Huntley fell well short of acceptable standards and failed to take into account the risk of self-harm. "



But despite of this catalogue of failures at Woodhill, no one was singled out for disciplinary action. Instead the report suggested that: "there must be clear lines of accountability in the future so that all staff are fully aware of their responsibilities and that management oversight is to a consistently high standard."



A second investigation into security at the jail has since been ordered after it emerged last weekend that a tabloid reporter, using bogus references had been given a job at Woodhill guarding Huntley. He had even smuggled a camera into his cell.



That security breach and today's report has prompted calls for Peter Atherton, the deputy director general of the prison service - ultimately responsible for security - to resign.