§ 125. Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions prison officers have been assaulted by prisoners in the 12 months to the last convenient date; how many of these incidents led to prisoners being disciplined; how many led to prison officers suffering injuries of a serious nature; and if he 35W will give comparable figures for each of the last five years.
ASSAULTS ON PRISON OFFICERS 1959–64 Year Total number of assaults Assaults either involving gross personal violence of serious enough for consideration of prosecution in the courts Number of cases dealt with under Prison Rules Number of cases dealt with under Prison Rules Assaults concerning which no proceedings could be taken against the prisoner for various reasons 1959 … 130 24 116 5 9 1960 … 140 39 114 13 13 1961 … 216 41 191 10 15 1962 … 137 25 116 7 14 1963 … 120 27 100 8 12 1964 … 124 26 99 11 14