Ministry of Justice written question – answered am ar 23 Mawrth 2015.
Jim Shannon
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults by prisoners on other prisoners there were in each of the last five years.
Jim Shannon
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults by prisoners on prison officers there were in each of the last five years.
Andrew Selous
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury), The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not tolerate violence of any kind in prison and any assault is treated extremely seriously. A new joint protocol produced by NOMS, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Association of Chief Police Officers was introduced on 27 February 2015. This puts robust and consistent arrangements in place to ensure that wherever possible, assaults on prison staff will be referred to the police for investigation, and will be prosecuted through the courts.
The following table provides figures England and Wales for (i) prisoner on prisoner and (ii) prisoner on prison officer assaults, for each of the last five years.
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Prisoner On Prisoner | 12,148 | 11,244 | 12,316 | 11,584 | 10,996 |
Prisoner On Prison Officer | 2,642 | 2,369 | 2,681 | 2,636 | 2,731 |
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