Officers slashed, bitten and strangled in attacks at maximum security jail

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Officers slashed, bitten and strangled in attacks at maximum security jail
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In newly-released incident reports, prison officers at maximum security prison HMP Belmarsh were subject to more than 60 assaults over an 11-month period - which left several needing hospital treatment.

In another disturbing case, a female officer told of her ‘terror and shock’ after being inappropriately touched by a prisoner.the list of incidents between November 2021 and October last year

‘We will continue to lobby the government insisting that the strongest possible sentences are passed on guilty parties whilst campaigning to have our unrealistic retirement age of 68 reduced. Prison Officers’ Association chair Mark Fairhurst warned that jails have become exceptionally violent workplaces

An inmate had become ‘aggressive and irrational’ during a routine cell search, according to another log. As he was restrained an officer was bitten on the ribs and hand, which left him needing hospital treatment. ‘He refused to leave and he kept telling me to “f*** off” and putting his middle finger up and showing a gun sign. Kept telling others it’s all because “I fancy him” He refused to leave for around 10 minutes.

She said: ‘Whilst standing on the middle landing by the stairwell, prisoner Mr [redacted] came up behind me without me knowing and started to inappropriately rub the centre of my middle back in an up and down motion. I immediately moved away in terror and shock as I felt this very inappropriate.’ The key worker sustained serious bites to his right arm, left thumb and right side of his face. He was seen by a nurse, given first aid and ‘sent home to attend A&E’, according to the report.

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