Prison officers ‘being attacked with impunity’

Prison officers claim they are being attacked with "impunity" and that jail chiefs are not taking disciplinary action against the inmates responsible.

Prison officers ‘being attacked with impunity’

The Prison Officers’ Association said that two of their members at Mountjoy Jail had boiling water thrown over them last week.

Speaking at their annual conference in Sligo yesterday, association president Stephen Delaney said there had been an alarming rise in attacks.

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