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<p>The level of violence in our prisons is unacceptable. We are fully committed to
making prisons safer and addressing the significant increase in violence and assaults
by increasing staffing levels and the ways of working in our prisons.</p><p><br>The
White Paper on Prison Safety and Reform announced a major shake-up of the prison system
with 2,500 extra prisons officers and new security measures to tackle drones, phones
and drugs. The additional 2,500 prison officers will allow us to introduce a new key
worker role, in which all prison officers on wings will support a small caseload of
prisoners, improving the quality of staff-prisoner relationships and tackling the
drivers of each prisoner’s offending.</p><p><br>The Governor at HM Prison Chelmsford
leads on reducing violence and chairs thePrison Safety meeting. Chelmsford are using
the Violence Diagnostic Tool to identify violence trends and with the support of the
regional safety team they are working to address these. <br>Five-minute intervention
training is being delivered at Chelmsford which equips staff to turn everyday conversations
into rehabilitative interventions.</p>
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