(BBC) The government has appointed Jonathan Hall KC to lead a “prompt” review into how Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi was able to carry out a violent attack on four prison officers. Abedi, 28, who was jailed for life for helping his […]
(BBC) The use of tasers in prisons will be trialled after officers were injured by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, the justice secretary has said. The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) had called for staff to have access to electric stun […]
(BBC) Prison officers are to demand that staff be immediately given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the UK’s most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary on Wednesday. The meeting with Shabana Mahmood comes after Hashem Abedi, one […]
(Breitbart) In the wake of the stabbing of multiple prison guards allegedly by the Manchester Arena terrorist, the head of the largest prison officers’ union revealed that the prison was barred from conducting searches with sniffer dogs on Muslim inmates. Earlier this […]
(LBC) The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber should be put into “extreme custody” after attacking three prison guards, a former prison chief has claimed. Hashem Abedi, 28, inflicted “life-threatening” injuries on the officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham on Saturday. […]
(GB News) Notorious Islamist hate preacher Anjem Choudary is suspected of inspiring the attack on three prison officers by Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi, according to sources. Choudary, 58, was previously held in the same segregation unit as Abedi at HMP Frankland […]
(BBC) The government has suspended kitchen use in prison separation centres that are used to house a small number of the UK’s most dangerous and extremist inmates, it is understood. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked three prison […]
(BBC) The families of five people murdered by Hashem Abedi in the Manchester Arena bombing have told the justice secretary of their “absolute disbelief” that he was allowed to attack prison officers in HMP Frankland. Despite being held in a high-security unit, […]
(Sky News) Prison guards have been calling for more protection “for years” to avoid attacks like the one by the Manchester Arena bomber’s brother on Saturday, according [to] a prison union boss. The Prison Officers Association (POA) said three prison officers were […]
(Sky News) Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into an attack on three prison officers by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber. The Prison Officers Association (POA) said 28-year-old Hashem Abedi — the brother of Salman Abedi — threw hot cooking […]
(BBC) Prison staff guarding extremist offenders are under “constant threat” from inmates who intend to “behead a guard and stream it online,” the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) said. Last week two men were convicted of trying to murder an officer at HMP […]
(BBC) The Prison Officers’ Association has called for a “fundamental review” of the UK’s de-radicalisation programmes. Dave Merritt, father of London Bridge attack victim Jack Merritt, told BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 that “something was going wrong” with the current system. […]
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