Mark Fairhurst from the Prison Officers Association has said that his members they will demand staff are given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the most dangerous jails, when they meet the justice secretary on Wednesday
He told BBC Breakfast this morning What’s it going to take for people to listen to us on the frontline? following the attack on three officers by Hashem Abedi, one of the men responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing
Abedi threw hot oil at officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at HMP Frankland in County Durham.
After the attack Mr Fairhurst said the association had been calling for years to issue stab proof vests to staff who work on the frontline’
