Prison officers call for use of electric stun guns

Belfast Telegraph - 21/04
Prison officers are calling on the Justice Secretary to allow the use of electric stun guns in the UK’s most dangerous jails.

Mark Fairhurst, national chairman of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA), said they will make the demand when they meet with Shabana Mahmood on Wednesday.

The meeting comes after guards at HMP Frankland in County Durham were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons by Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.

“When we face life-threatening situations, we no longer have tactical options,” Mr Fairhurst told the BBC, saying officers needed more options if extendable batons and synthetic pepper spr...
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