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

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

Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.

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

Mr Taylor warned that this loss of vital “institutional memory” among officers inevitably creates further risk in an already ...

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

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe ...

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