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EXCLUSIVE: Ian Acheson says the endemic violence in British jails means many prison officers are ending their shifts in hospital rather than home with their families.
Pickup and delivery continue to be preferred method
We spoke to Mark Fairhurst who chairs the Prison Officers Association and John Podmore, who's served as a prison governor and as an inspector of prisons.
A prison orderly at HMP Belmarsh was among the victims of ‘jugging’ at the top security jail after an inmate threw boiling water over him.
Prisons are on course to run out of space by spring despite the early release of hundreds of offenders, ministers have been warned.