Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 75254

Open Prisons: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings her Department has had with (a) prison officers, (b) prison officers' unions and (c) other representative bodies of prison staff to discuss assaults in open prisons in the last 12 months.

Answer

Jake Richards
We have maintained regular and structured engagement with staff and their recognised trade union representatives on this matter. All prison governors in the open estate routinely hold local staff engagement forums, providing frontline officers with the op...
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