Assaults on prison staff pass 10,000 in a year for first time as violence and self-harm hit record high

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Assaults on prison staff hit record high as the number passes a symbolic milestone

 

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It would be interesting to read about how the prison systems in Europe compare with our 121 prisons.

Simple really, just shoot the scum that carry out the assaults.

Austerity maybe..?

This is an appalling statistic that the government should be ashamed off, what will it take before something is done to better protect out prison officers? Like everything else at the moment it’ll be buried under Brexit.

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