Prison Service: Staff

(asked on 13th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve the safety of prison staff at work.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 18th October 2016

Prisons should be places of safety and reform. Improving safety and decreasing violence is an urgent priority for the Government.

Prison officers are some our finest public servants. We do not underestimate the challenges faced by everyone working in prisons. We will continue to support our staff to help them maintain safe and secure prisons.

Funding of £14 million will be given to 10 prisons with some of the highest rates of violence for additional staff to implement new offender management arrangements, including dedicated prisoner contact time.

We will be setting out our plans for prison safety and reform in a White Paper in the coming weeks, including our plans to reduce prison violence.

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