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Lord Walney (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 May 2025

Debate

Protection of Prison Staff

Contribution

These attacks were made by dangerous individuals who had been imprisoned because of their violent radicalism, but there remains the problem of radicalisation within prisons once prisoners arrive on the estate. What assessment has the Minister made in his early months of the scale of this within the prison system and the current level of resilience in what the state and prison officers can do to protect prisoners from it?

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