Prison officer stabbed in incident with inmate at young offenders institute
A PRISON officer has been stabbed in the head after he was allegedly attacked by an inmate in a young offenders institute.
The member of staff was rushed to hospital after the incident at Wetherby Young Offender's Institute in West Yorkshire on Thursday, March 10.
He is said to be in a stable condition and was released on the same day.
The prisoner believed the be responsible was stripped of his privileges and placed in the segregation unit.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "An officer at Wetherby prison was taken to hospital on Thursday 10 March following an incident involving a prisoner.
An officer at Wetherby prison was taken to hospital on Thursday 10 March following an incident involving a prisoner.
"The police are investigating. Violence against our hardworking staff will not be tolerated."
A West Yorkshire police spokesman added: “We are investigating an assault on a member of staff at HM Young Offenders Institute, York Road, Wetherby.”
It comes after hundreds of young offenders were locked in their cells after fearful guards refused to free them in a protest against escalating violence towards them.
The inmates had been confined to their cells after levels of violence rocketed 55 per cent in a year.
Last year a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons said officers had been punched and kicked repeatedly in the face and gangs of boys had attacked each other with weapons.
But violence has since escalated and officers had refused to free them from their cells in protest.
The Prison Service has since confirmed the lockdown at Wetherby Young Offenders Institute in West Yorkshire is now over and cells have been unlocked.