Jail attacks: staff call for safety plan

PRISON officers want a complete review of staff security at Cork Prison after another serious assault on one of their members.

A prisoner who was wearing a large American college-style ring struck an assistant prison officer in the face, knocking out two teeth, displacing two others and fracturing his jaw.

The attack on Monday afternoon brought to 10 the number of prison officers who have been injured in attacks at the jail in recent weeks.