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Mathilde Grandjean

Justice Secretary ‘determined to keep prison staff safe’ as Tasers trial starts

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Justice Secretary has said she is “determined to keep prison staff safe” as a trial looking into the use of Tasers in prisons is launched.

Specialist officers from the Operational Response and Resilience Unit based in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, and Doncaster, South Yorkshire, will be the first to become equipped with Tasers from Monday, as part of Government plans to clamp down on record levels of violence against prison staff.

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