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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on the number of prosecutions
for offences relating specifically to assaults on prison officers. The number of prosecutions
commenced in the last five years for charges relating to assault and/or battery against
<em>emergency workers</em> (charged by way of section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act
1988 and section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers<br>(Offences) Act 2018), which
<em>include prison officers</em>, is set out below. It would not be possible to determine
the outcome of these prosecutions or whether the charge related specifically to an
assault on a prison officer without an examination of CPS case files, which would
incur disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>2022-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section
39, Criminal Justice Act 1988; Section 1, Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences)
Act 2018</p></td><td><p>4,401</p></td><td><p>23,676</p></td><td><p>28,906</p></td><td><p>35,301</p></td><td><p>31,996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data
Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
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