Prison officers must demand that personnel receive electric weapons to protect themselves while protecting the most dangerous prisons in the United Kingdom when they meet the Secretary of Justice on Wednesday.
The meeting with Shabana Mahmood occurs after Hashem Abedi, one of the men responsible for the Manchester Arena bombardment, threw hot oil to the officers and stabbed them with improvised weapons in HMP Frankland in Durham County.
Mark Fairhurst, national president of the Prison officers Association (POA), told the BBC that they are “asking for tactical use of Taser.”
In a statement, Mahmood said that “we must do to better protect our prison officers in the future.”
In statements to BBC breakfast, Mr. Fairhurst said: “My concerns are that when we face situations that threaten life, we no longer have tactical options.
“If extendable canes and disabling spray do not work properly, we have no other available options.”
“That is why we are asking for the tactical use of Taser. We want a special staff trained on the site that responds to incidents with the ability to implement Taseser to neutralize that threat.
“The moment we housed,” they got it. “
Prison officers currently only carry a disabling spray of baton and turkey, synthetic pepper spray.
The POA will also renew the calls so that all personnel have stabs.
Fairhurst has also requested American “supermax” style rules imposed on the most dangerous inmates in the United Kingdom.
This would mean that selected high risk inmates would leave their cell only when three employees handcuffed and escorted by three employees, he told The Guardian newspaper.
Nor would he have mixed with other prisoners, and they would be restricted to their basic rights and privileges.
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has said that there will be a complete and independent review of the incident, which has caused criticisms of the survivors and families of the victims of the Bombing of the Manchester sand.
The security measures at the separation center allowed the prisoners to access the kitchens, where Abedi carried out their attack, but this was suspended by MMJ after the incident.
Mahmood said the review “would provide recommendations and findings that highlight that there are changes in the process or policies that can be implemented in HMP Frankland and more widely on the high security farm.”
An internal review on the protective armor of the body will also be carried out, he said.
The power supplies in the statement was not mentioned.
Abedi, who helped his older brother Salman to plan Manchester Arena bombing, was imprisoned for life with a minimum of 55 years in prison after being convicted of murdering 22 people.
He had been a hero in a separation center, which has a small number of inmates considered dangerous and extremists, in Frankland.
He moved to Frankland after carrying out an earlier attack against prison officers in Belmarsh prison in 2020, so he added three years and 10 months to his sentence.
Since then, Abedi has been transferred to Belmarsh’s high security prison in London.
