Mr Taylor warned that this loss of vital “institutional memory” among officers inevitably creates further risk in an already fraught environment, and can lead to a vicious cycle of staff absences and ...

Violence is so bad and it doesn’t seem like enough is being done and prison officers are powerless to cope with it all. “If you can get zombie knives and machete-type weapons into a prison ...

Some Nigerians recruited in the United Kingdom (UK) as prison officers ... “Our prison officers undergo robust assessments and an extended period of training before they work in prisons.

Over 200 Nigerians recruited as UK prison officers face significant accommodation ... urge a return to in-person interviews and longer training, arguing that the current six-week program is ...

He said that frontline prison officers were routinely being recruited without any face-to-face interviews. Recruits were then given only six weeks’ training which was not enough time to learn ...

The UK prison service has begun recruiting officers from Nigeria and other ... undergo robust assessments and training before working in prisons. Our strengthened vetting process eliminates ...

The Prison Officers Association has revealed ... Despite these issues, the UK prison service insists its recruitment and training processes are robust. A Prison Service spokesman told The ...

Warning that the training for British prison officers “isn’t enough for the complexity of the job”, Mr Taylor also said that the lack of a face-to-face interview and “real testing of ...