The Prison Service will conduct a snap review into whether protective body armour should be made available to front-line staff, the justice secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood’s announcement comes after Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at prison officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at HMP Frankland on Saturday. In a statement,...
A prison officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham has told the BBC “there needs to be an urgent change in security measures” across all prisons or staff will die. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at the prison on Saturday....