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Prisons: Crimes of Violence

Answer

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has a responsibility to keep prisoners, staff and visitors safe. The management of violence and its reduction, including support for staff, is central to successful prison management. It is fundamental to NOMS objectives and vital to achieving the broad aims of safer custody.Every establishment, whether private or public, has a local violence reduction strategy which engages all staff, all disciplines and prisoners in challenging unacceptable behaviour, problem-solving and personal safety. This includes environmental and physical measures, as well as alternative ways of managing behaviour.The information requested is shown in the following table. The NOMS uses data drawn from large administrative databases which capture a wide range of information recorded locally by individual prisons. Data for 2009 is currently being checked and validated.

Assault Incidents	2006	2007	2008
Total assaults resulting in serious injury	1,057	1,148	1,177
Serious injury and in-patient admission	183	161	184
Other assaults not serious injury resulting in in-patient admission	52	49	49
Total assaults resulting in in-patient admission	235	210	233

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

507 c658W; 321744

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Crimes of violence Prisons

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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