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<p>The Government publishes quarterly statistics on violence, self-harm and deaths in prison custody, and a more detailed annual breakdown, and both are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-june-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of assaults in each prison can be seen in table 3.15 of <em>Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2017</em>; the number of self-harm incidents in each prison is in table 2.13 of <em>Self-harm in prison custody 2004 to 2017</em>; and the number of homicides in each prison can be found in the <em>Deaths data tool</em>. I regret that the number of incidents involving staff with less than three years’ experience could be found only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons custody. This includes:</p><ul><li><p>investing in over 4,300 additional staff since October 2015;</p></li><li><p>investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency, and equipping officers with PAVA incapacitant spray and body-worn cameras to help prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners when dealing with violent incidents;</p></li><li><p>tackling the drugs that we know are fuelling much of the violence in custody - introducing new x-ray scanners, drug-detection dogs and dedicated search teams;</p></li><li><p>introducing new suicide and self-harm prevention training, which has already reached over 24,000 staff;</p></li><li><p>improving support for prisoners in their early days and weeks and rolling out a ‘key worker’ scheme which ensures each prisoner has dedicated support from a particular prison officer;</p></li><li><p>funding the Samaritans service for a further three years’ for their valuable Listeners Scheme; and</p></li></ul><p>improving the ACCT case management process for those identified as at risk of self-harm or suicide.</p> |