Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack
The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.
The Prison Service will investigate whether frontline staff should be given protective body armour following an attack on officers at HMP Frankland, the Justice Secretary has said.
The guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons at the jail in County Durham on Saturday by Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.
Four prison officers were injured during the incident, with three sustaining serious injuries and taken to hospital, Counter Terrorism Policing North East said on Thursday.
One officer remains in hospital.
The Ministry of Justice has pledged to carry out a review following the incident, but the further announcement comes as union bosses have been calling for officers to be given stab vests and protective equipment after the incident shows “how dangerous our job is”.
