‘Prison officers assaulted by inmates three times a day in England’s jails’ – Assaults on prison officers in England & Wales nearly THREE times as frequent as in Scotland.

Professor John Robertson OBA

Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this:

In the 12 months to March 2025, the rate of assaults on staff was 122 assaults per 1,000 prisoners (10,568 assaults on staff), up 7% from the 12 months to March 2024 to a new peak.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-march-2025/safety-in-custody-statistics-england-and-wales-deaths-in-prison-custody-to-june-2025-assaults-and-self-harm-to-march-2025

All things being equal, you’d expect the figure for Scotland to be around one eleventh of that 10 568, between 950 and 1 000, but according to the Daily Record and all the other frothing Scottish media is was 350, only just over one third of the level.

Assaults on prison officers in England & Wales THREE time as frequent as in Scotland.

Prison officers assaulted by inmates three times a day in England’s jails.

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