Prison officers to be issued with anti-stab vests

Prison officers escorting high-risk prisoners are to be issued with anti-stab vests, batons and incapacitant spray, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Prison officers to be issued with anti-stab vests

Prison officers escorting high-risk prisoners are to be issued with anti-stab vests, batons and incapacitant spray, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Two warders were seriously injured in Mountjoy Prison last month and two others were wounded in February when Scottish armed robber Derek Brockwell escaped from Tallaght hospital in Dublin.

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