Political Debate

26.07.2010

Davies, P - Crimes of Violence in Prison

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many attacks on prison staff were made by prisoners in each of the last three years; and how many prisoners had their prison sentence lengthened as a result in each of those years.

Mr Blunt: The National Offender Management Service does not record the number of attacks on prison staff, rather it records assault incidents in which one or more members of staff has been assaulted.

The following table shows the number of all recorded assault incidents in which a member of staff has been assaulted and/or injured in each of the last three years:

Assault incidents

2007 - 3,243
2008 - 3,187
2009 - 2,830
 
The following table shows the number of findings of guilt against prisoners at internal disciplinary hearings (adjudications) for assaults on staff, and punishments of additional days awarded:

The figures refer to all incidents recorded as assaults, these may also include threatening behaviour, projection of bodily fluids and other non-contact events and allegations.

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