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Prisoner on prisoner assaults at HMP La Moye (FOI)

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.

Response

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

 

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