3 h. ago Prison guards handed £10million in payouts in last 5 years over violent inmate attacks

Some 202 prison officers injured by inmates have been handed Ministry of Justice payouts since 2019/20 – totalling £10.3 million and averaging at £51,000 per person

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55 h. ago Convicted murderer John Mansfield died of a head injury after being 'attacked by another inmate' in high

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the drug-fuelled murder of his neighbour Ann Alfanso, 63, was attacked inside HMP Whitemoor, Cambs.

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4 d. ago Manchester Arena families in ‘disbelief’ that ‘evil’ Hashem Abedi was able to attack prison officers

Inmates in high-security units banned from kitchens after prison officers attacked by Manchester Arena bomber with hot oil and blades

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6 d. ago 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 terroristThe union representing prison officers has said inmates should be banned from cooking in jail, with staff fearing copycat incidents after the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber attacked three officers at HMP Frankland.Hashem Abedi, a convicted terrorist who was jailed for life after helping his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi carry out the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, is alleged to have set upon staff with hot cooking oil and improvised blades. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tommy Robinson should have prison sentence cut 'because he has PTSD and isolation is affecting his mental health'

Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court are breaching an injunction.

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8 d. ago Tommy Robinson should have prison sentence cut as behind bars segregation to stop Muslim inmates attacking him is 'making him ill and affecting his mental health', court told

Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court are breaching an injunction.

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2 w. ago Prosecutor makes offers to 10 New York prison guards charged in inmate's death

A special prosecutor says he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison guards indicted in the beating death of a handcuffed man

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4 w. ago Prison guards attacked by 'snarling' inmate armed with makeshift plastic knife weapon

Billy Joe Walsh was seen 'snarling and screaming incoherently' during the attack on three prison guards at HMP Berwyn, Wrexham - he had armed himself with a sharpened piece of a sink

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