HMP Long Lartin jail officer has emergency surgical treatment after assault

A jail officer has gone through emergency surgical treatment, the BBC has been advised, after being airlifted to health center with severe accidents following a stabbing at a prime safety jail.

Emergency groups have been referred to as to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton, close to Evesham, Worcestershire, on Friday simply earlier than 08:40 BST.

A member of body of workers used to be harm within the assault and brought to health center the place he used to be in a solid situation, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson showed.

West Mercia Police mentioned they have been investigating the stabbing by means of an inmate, who remained within the prison, and a weapon were recovered.

A supply advised the BBC it used to be “not a prison-made weapon” and that it had “somehow been brought in”.

The Category A males’s jail homes greater than 600 inmates, together with males convicted of terrorism offences and greater than two-thirds are serving lifestyles sentences whilst the remainder have prison phrases of 10 years or extra.

Earlier this 12 months, the executive inspector of prisons warned about contraband illegally attending to inmates on the jail together with gangs the use of drones to smuggle in guns, medication and telephones.

“Physical security and counter measures were not robust enough,” Charlie Taylor wrote in his record.

“Crews found a man who they treated for serious injuries before he was airlifted to hospital for further treatment,” a spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service mentioned about Friday’s assault.

The 25-year-old officer who used to be taken to health center suffered a stab wound within the attack, the police drive’s spokesperson added.

“The inmate remains within the prison and the investigation is ongoing,” they added.

A Prison Service spokesperson mentioned: “We will not tolerate assaults on hardworking staff and will always push for the strongest punishments against perpetrators.”