Woodhill and Gartree prison attacks sees plea for urgent action
- A prison officer at HMP Woodhill suffered a throat slash from an inmate using an improvised weapon, requiring stitches, according to the Prison Officers Association.
- Another officer at HMP Woodhill was attacked by an inmate detained under the Terrorism Act 2008, as reported by the Prison Officers Association.
- A female officer at Gartree Prison sustained a broken arm when a prisoner faked an epileptic fit and threw a TV at her, according to the union's report.
- Steve Gillan, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, stated that escalating violence in the prison service is 'out of control' and action is needed to protect officers.
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Call for action to protect prison officers ‘before there is a fatality’
A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.
·London, United Kingdom
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