Government of Jersey

Prisoner on prisoner assaults at HMP La Moye (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 10 January 2018.

Request

How many assaults have there been by prisoners on other prisoners in La Moye prison in the past three years?

Could you explain the nature of the assaults and what action was taken following the incidents.

2015 – total six
Incident	Outcome
Push to upper body, a punch thrown and an attempted knee strike	Seven days in the Care and Control Unit
Punch to side of face	Seven days in the Care and Control Unit
Elbow contact to back of head	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
Strike with fist to back of the head	Seven days in the Care and Control Unit
A punch to head	Two days in the Care and Control Unit
Punched another prisoner	14 days in the Care and Control Unit

2016 – total two
Incident	Outcome
Punches thrown at a prisoner	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
A table tennis bat was thrown - made contact with a prisoners chin	Five days in the Care and Control Unit

2017 – total 10
Incident	Outcome
Kicked out and threw punches towards another prisoner	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
Kicked another prisoner in the leg	Three days loss of association
A prisoner pushing another prisoner then being struck in the face himself	Five days loss of association
Punched another prisoner around the head	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
Threw three punches at another prisoner	Three days loss of association
Slapped another prisoners upper body	Three days loss of association suspended for one month
Prisoner lunged towards another with a raised kick to the chest	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
A prisoner kicking another prisoner after being kicked himself	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
Throwing punches at another prisoner	Five days in the Care and Control Unit
A prisoner throwing several punches at another prisoner	14 days in the Care and Control Unit