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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to ensuring that assaults against
prison officers are dealt with robustly. The CPS considers each case on its own facts
and in accordance with the two stage test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.The
Code outlines that a prosecution is more likely to be in the public interest if the
offence was committed against a person serving the public. Furthermore, the specific
CPS Legal Guidance on Prison Offences outlines that, if the victim is a prison officer
performing his/her duty, the public interest is heavily in favour of prosecution.</p><p>In
addition to this, the new joint protocol produced by the Prison Service, CPS and Association
of Chief Police Officers will set out that when there are serious assaults on prison
staff, the perpetrators will be prosecuted unless there is a good reason why not.</p>
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