A female prisoner has been charged with sexually assaulting a man at HMP Styal Patricia Sutton is due to appear on a live video-link at Chester Magistrates’ Court today, Friday. The 67-year-old is accused of intentionally touching a man aged 16 or over at the Cheshire women’s prison. The charge alleges that the touching was […]
Counter-terror police are leading a probe into a serious assault at a prison in Leeds that left three officers injured – with one needing hospital treatment. The attack, which happened at the Young Offender Institution (YOI) in Wetherby on Saturday (June 14), is the subject of an ongoing investigation. Counter Terrorism Policing North East confirmed […]
Prisoners in overcrowded cells are 19% more likely to be involved in an assault over a one-year period than those in cells that are not overcrowded. This difference is statistically significant, with the true figure likely to lie between 15% and 24%. This report analyses the impact overcrowding has on a prisoner’s individual likelihood of being involved […]
Frontline prison officers working in the highest risk areas of the prison estate will be issued protective body armour under swift Government action to improve their safety, the Lord Chancellor announced today (Tuesday 3 June). Lord Chancellor takes decisive action to protect frontline officers Decision follows snap review after attack on prison staff at HMP […]
Prison officers need to have stronger protection against attacks by inmates, their union has demanded after four assaults in a week. In the latest incident, at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, an officer had to be airlifted for emergency surgery after being stabbed. Three others were hurt in attacks at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire. Mark […]
An inmate who broke a prison officer’s jaw in a premeditated attack has appeared in crown court. Jamaal Newman, 20, was one of two inmates at HM Young Offenders Institute on Portland was one of the inmates who launched an attack on a prison officer carrying out his duty. Newman appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court […]
A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action to protect officer from violence after attacks at two jails. One officer at HMP Woodhill near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was slashed in the neck and ear with an improvised weapon on Tuesday, and needed hospital treatment, the Prison Officers’ Association said. In a second incident, another […]
The following Answer to an Urgent Question has been given in the House of Commons Lord Timpson: “I thank the right honourable Gentleman for his Question. I am shocked and saddened to hear about the serious assault against a prison officer that took place on Thursday 8 May at HMP Belmarsh. My thoughts are with the family […]
14th May 2025 Question: How long the trial of the provision of tasers to prison officers will last, in which prison it will take place, and how many prison officers will be armed with tasers during the trial. Answer Prisons Minister: The operational trial of the use of Conductive Energy Devices (CEDs, commonly known as “tasers”) will commence in […]
Britain’s most dangerous prisoners should be kept in US-style “super-max” conditions with no contact with other inmates and no kettles or cooking facilities, according to the head of the prison officers’ union; but experts urge caution. The demand came after Axel Rudakubana, the Southport killer, is alleged to have thrown boiling water at a prison […]
A man who “genuinely believed” he was going to be murdered in prison and it be made to look like a suicide attempt took a prison officer hostage at knifepoint for three hours, a court heard. Scott Patterson, aged 37 and originally from Plymouth, but who later moved to Newton Abbot, appeared at Plymouth Crown […]
An inmate at HMP Styal pleaded guilty to assaulting two female prison officers at HM Young Offenders Institution in Wetherby A teenage inmate who assaulted two female prison officers has been handed a community order. Jayden Wood, of HMP Styal Prison, Wilmslow, pleaded guilty to two separate assaults at Leeds District Magistrates’ Court on April […]