Prison officers to demand use of electric stun guns
PRISON officers have urged the government to allow the use of electric stun guns in Britain’s most dangerous jails.
Prison Officers’ Association national chairman Mark Fairhurst urged the Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to “listen to staff on the front line” after guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons by Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.
He told the BBC that officers needed more options if extendable batons and synthetic pepper spray fail to deal with a situation.
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