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Assaults on prison staff reach highest level in a decade

Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per 1,000 prisoners.

Evening Standard

Prison guards will be armed with Tasers after Manchester bomber jail attack

Shabana Mahmood made the announcement in Parliament on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Prison staff to demand use of stun guns in jails after HMP Frankland attack

Prison officers are demanding the ‘tactical use of taser’ after officers at HMP Frankland were attacked

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Prison officers call for use of electric stun guns

The demand has been made ahead of a meeting between the Prison Officers’ Association and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Evening Standard

UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails

Meeting called with justice secretary after attack on three guards at HMP Frankland

The Guardian - UK

Manchester Arena bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after attack on guards

Hashem Abedi is alleged to have attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil in kitchen at HMP Frankland

The Guardian - UK

Manchester bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after guards attacked

Hashem Abedi has been transferred to the high security jail in south-east London, it is understood.

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Manchester Arena bomber’s brother given spork in prison days after alleged attack on three officers

Hashem Abedi moved to HMP Belmarsh, where he previously attacked a prison officer in 2020

The Independent UK

Dangerous inmates should not have access to prison kitchen, union chair says

Prison Officers’ Association official says staff are furious after attack by Hashem Abedi

The Guardian - UK

Ban inmates from cooking after Hashem Abedi assault, says prison union

Chair of prison workers body says copycat incidents must be prevented after attack by convicted terrorist

The Guardian - UK

Government to review how ‘Manchester bomb plotter could attack prison guards’

Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil over three officers before stabbing them with ‘home-made weapons’, the Prison Officers’ Association said.

The Independent UK

Prison officers ‘stabbed by Manchester bomb plotter’ now stable, says union

The Prison Officers’ Association said Hashem Abedi threw hot oil over three officers on Saturday before stabbing them with ‘home-made weapons’.

Evening Standard

Alarm over early re-release of recalled prisoners as jail overcrowding crisis deepens

Whistleblower says over 1,000 inmates in England and Wales considered for the scheme which bypasses Parole Board

The Guardian - UK

Warning drones could be used to lift prisoners out of jails to escape

Experts likened a high-security jail to an airport because there were so many drones flying in drugs

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Evening Standard

Drones could lift inmates out of jails to escape, prison officers say

A watchdog has said deliveries of drugs and weapons to prison by drone are a national security threat.

The Guardian - UK

Fears of unrest as PM considers open prisons for more offenders

Unions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and Wales

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Why have England and Wales nearly run out of prison spaces?

Fewer than 100 spaces remain in men’s prisons, reports say, and magistrates have been told to delay hearings.

Evening Standard

Emergency prison overcrowding measure activated as more rioters face jail sentences

The Government has triggered an emergency plan to avoid prison overcrowding as rioters are sentenced

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The Guardian - UK

Prison crowding emergency measures a ‘sticking plaster’, Starmer told

Ministers activate Operation Early Dawn, so defendants can be held in police cells as more are sentenced over riots

The Guardian - UK

Crisis measures to tackle English prison overcrowding imminent, says union

POA chair says ministers could declare as soon as Monday that Operation Early Dawn is coming into force

The Guardian - UK

Fresh UK prisons crisis as riots lead to fears of overcrowding

Exclusive: emergency plan set to be introduced that could see alleged criminals released and court cases delayed

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: probation chief questions if there is ‘enough time’ for early prisoner release plan – as it happened

Justice secretary’s plan includes extra recruitment but head of service queries timings, with moves to bring forward releases starting in September

The Independent UK

Sunak failing on pledge to tackle prison overcrowding as less than half of promised pop-up cells built

Exclusive: Pop-up cells are not suitable for dangerous prisoners and can only be used in certain jails

The Guardian - UK

Terrorism suspect may have had help to escape prison, says Met chief

Police also confirm they are searching for signs of former soldier Daniel Abed Khalife in Richmond Park in London

Daily Mirror

Prison officers 'at breaking point' as sick leave for mental stress surges

The Prison Officers Association blames the issue on poor pay and jails being overcrowded, violent and short-staffed. National chair Mark Fairhurst wants trained counsellors employed on-site at every prison

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