Ministry of Justice officials said the rise in assaults on staff may partly be due to a change in how incidents are recorded. But overall assaults rose 20% to a record high of 32,559, including a 19% leap in prisoner-on-prisoner assaults. (Image: Daily Mirror)It comes barely a month after the prison officers' union demanded all staff walk out in protest over "unprecedented" levels of jail violence. Prison officers are banned from going on strike after the government won a High Court battle over the issue last year. “Anything less will see prison violence continue to spiral out of control.”

Source: Daily Mirror October 25, 2018 08:59 UTC