Prison guard has 'throat slashed by inmate wielding improvised weapon'

A prison officer has had their throat slashed by an inmate using an improvised weapon in one of three new attacks in high-security jails.

The 'specialist' officer was attacked at HMP Woodhill, a Category B men's prison in Milton Keynes, according to the Prison Officers' Association (POA).

In a separate incident at the same jail, another officer was attacked by an inmate detained under the Terrorism Act 2008, they said.

The union also reported a prison officer had a TV thrown at him and a female officer sustained a broken arm after a prisoner faked an epileptic fit at Gartree Prison.

The incidents - which are all believed to have occurred in the last 24 hours - follow a string of other assaults involving prisoners in recent weeks, including three guards being attacked with hot oil by Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi.