Prison security alerts (1)
01 January 1991
Prison security alerts
artdoc August=1991
In the year 9 May 1990 to 8 May 1991 there were 30 security
alerts in closed prisons requiring a full search of the prison
and 19 alerts which `presented a significant threat to control'.
There were an additional four full searches of open prisons.
The full search alerts at closed prisons included 11 bomb
threats, 7 firearms alerts, and two losses of security keys. The
alerts involving `threat to control' largely concerned refusal
by prisoners to return to cells or to leave the exercise yard,
and five rooftop demonstrations. Control and restraint teams were
used in three incidents.
Hansard, written answer, 16.5.91.
Statewatch no 3 July/August 1991