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<p>Figures showing the number of assault incidents at each prison in England and Wales
between October 2017 and September 2018 are in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>We
have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have
the greatest number in post since early 2012. The Challenge, Support and Intervention
Plan case management process for prisoners at risk of violence has been mandated for
all prisons and will be fully in place by the end of April 2019. We are improving
perimeter security and using other equipment such as body scanners to address the
supply of drugs. We are confident that these initiatives, together with the many other
measures that we are taking to protect our staff, will reduce the level of violence
in prisons.</p>
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