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PRISON officers are backing legislation to end the practice of “potting” in which prisoners’ urine and faeces are used in violent attacks.
The Prison Officers Association (POA) is also supporting a Commons call for new laws to improve the appalling health and safety conditions in prisons.
The “potting” proposal is being made in the House of Lords by Earl Attlee, grandson of Labour prime minister Clement Attlee, in an amendment to the government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
In the Commons, new health and safety measures for prisons are being proposed by Easington Labour MP Graham Morris.
The POA described the proposals as “crucial steps in the right direction” to tackle the long-running health and safety crisis in prisons.
General secretary Steve Gillan said that the proposed new laws would “directly improve the lives of our members and other prison staff by reducing the risk of violence against them.”
He added that the “vile practice of potting has plagued the prison service for years” and the problem is growing worse.
