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PRISON safety has hit a record low with no sign of an improvement in rates of violence and self-harm on the horizon, the Parole Board warned yesterday.
Board chairman Nick Hardwick said the latest jail safety figures were “appalling” and the “worst they have ever been.”
His damning assessment came just days after an inmate died in a stabbing at Pentonville prison in north London.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Working in a high-risk sector, prison officers’ calls for proper PPE must be heeded – and the POA will be fighting to ensure effective protection at work is delivered, writes MARK FAIRHURST
