https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the \u2018Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018\u2019 link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the \u2018+\u2019 and \u2018-\u2018 functions at the top of the table.<\/p>
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assaults on staff table 3.15<\/p>
assaults on prisoners table 3.16<\/p>
serious assaults on staff table 3.18<\/p>
serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19<\/p>
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Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the \u201810 Prisons Project\u2019 saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 \u2013 four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.<\/p>
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Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency \u2013 including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams \u2013 while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.<\/p>"}
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