After the horrific attacks at Frankland, after last week’s attack at Belmarsh, and after countless warnings, today’s news of three separate assaults on prison staff is grim, but unsurprising. According to the Prison Officers Association (POA), two assaults occurred at HMP Woodhill, the jail near Milton Keynes which holds Tommy Robinson and a high number of Muslim prisoners. In one assault an inmate allegedly attacked an officer. In the other, believed to have taken place on a specialist unit within the jail, a prisoner was told to return to his cell, and is reported to have responded by slashing at the officer with an improvised weapon. That officer is said to have sustained serious injuries to their neck and ear, requiring stitches and surgical glue.
Meanwhile at HMP Gartree, a prisoner allegedly faked an epileptic fit before assaulting two staff, throwing a TV and breaking the wrist of a female officer.
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