STAFF under pressure due to swollen prison populations have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds from being unfairly assaulted doing their job.

But across England, prison safety has hit a crisis point, with a workers' union warning the increase of violence is "totally out of control". Ministry of Justice figures show 269 assaults were ...

Four prison staff had to be taken to hospital after being assaulted at a jail in Liverpool, their trade union has said. The ...

The cost of injury claims for staff assaulted by inmates at a Doncaster jail has topped more than £250,000, according to new ...

On November 29, an inmate threw a cup of urine at officers as they attempted to extinguish a fire in his cell. Two officers ...

A prisoner officer has undergone surgery after sustaining significant facial wounds during an assault at Mountjoy Prison ...

A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates took over and injured three guards, just days after staffing ...

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The number of attacks on prison officers in Northern Ireland has trebled in the last five years, Stormont has heard.

Four prison staff had to be taken to hospital after being assaulted at a jail in Liverpool, their trade union has said. The Prison Officers Association (POA) said the attacks happened against a ...

It comes as a workers' union has warned the increase of violence in prisons across England is "totally out of control". Figures from the Ministry of Justice show 142 assaults were recorded at Moorland ...

A prison officer has been hospitalised after being slashed in the face by a violent inmate in Mountjoy jail. The suspect for ...