{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptShortName=Justice&min-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2015-03-26T15%3A07%3A13.88Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-03-23", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptShortName=Justice&min-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2015-03-26T15%3A07%3A13.88Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-03-23", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptShortName=Justice&min-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2015-03-26T15%3A07%3A13.88Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-03-23&_metadata=all", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptShortName=Justice&_page=0&min-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2015-03-26T15%3A07%3A13.88Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-03-23", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptShortName=Justice&min-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2015-03-26T15%3A07%3A13.88Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-03-23", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?answeringDeptShortName=Justice&min-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2015-03-26T15%3A07%3A13.88Z&answer.dateOfAnswer=2015-03-23", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/225922", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/225922/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The number of violent criminals in our prisons has increased by 40% in the past 10 years. A specialised system of restraint known as control and restraint (C&R) has been developed over many years to ensure that prisoners can be controlled with minimum risk of injury to staff or prisoners. C&R is a system of techniques used by a team of three officers as a last resort to bring a violent or refractory prisoner under control. Wherever possible staff should avoid the use of force and de-escalate the situation by persuasion or negotiation; if the techniques are applied then they are used for as short a time as possible. Healthcare staff examine all prisoners on whom force has been used.<\/p>
<\/p>
Violence in prisons is not tolerated; and assaults on our hardworking staff are unacceptable. That is why we have introduced a new protocol establishing that when there are serious assaults on prison staff, the perpetrators must be prosecuted unless there is a good reason why not. This will ensure that prisoners who attack staff are prosecuted and fully brought to justice. It will mean that more of the prisoners who assault staff will spend longer behind bars.<\/p>
<\/p>
All prisons submit a central monthly return providing the number of times force has been used in the prison with details of any injuries sustained. Central data identifies the number of individuals injured rather than the number of incidents where an injury occurred . Use of force incidents may involve multiple prisoners, for example, force used to separate a fight. To identify the number of incidents would require manual interrogation of use of force documentation held at establishments and could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
<\/p>
Central data only records whether an injury resulted in hospitalisation or not. To identify if the injuries sustained were minor or serious would also require manual interrogation of use of force documentation held at establishments and could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
<\/p>
The table below provides details of the number of prisoners hospitalised following an incident where force was used in contracted prisons.<\/p>
<\/p>
Prisoners requiring hospitalisation following use of force, by year and establishment<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>Establishment<\/del><\/p><\/td>2010<\/del><\/p><\/td>2011<\/del><\/p><\/td>2012<\/del><\/p><\/td>2013<\/del><\/p><\/td>2014<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Altcourse<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>10<\/del><\/p><\/td>32<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Ashfield<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>3<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Birmingham<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>11<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td>9<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Bronzefield<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>5<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Doncaster<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>10<\/del><\/p><\/td>10<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Dovegate<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td>8<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Forest Bank<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Lowdham Grange<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>8<\/del><\/p><\/td>3<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Northumberland<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>4<\/del><\/p><\/td>2<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Oakwood<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>7<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Parc<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>8<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Peterborough<\/del><\/p><\/td>0<\/del><\/p><\/td>1<\/del><\/p><\/td>4<\/del><\/p><\/td>3<\/del><\/p><\/td>4<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>