Labour Refuses to Take Kettles From High-Risk Inmates After Southport Killer Prison Attack – Guido Fawkes

Labour Refuses to Take Kettles From High-Risk Inmates After Southport Killer Prison Attack

Robert Jenrick has pushed for the removal of kettles from high-risk prisoners in an urgent question in the Commons after Southport killer Axel Rudakubana threw boiling water over a prison officer on Friday. Labour MP Luke Akehurst suggested primary legislation. Multiple prison officers told him “that during the horrific terrorist attack by Hashim Abedi they were unable to use batons because the space was too small to wield them in, and that he was so enraged… it’s activist lawyers and the courts that are insisting that these dangerous terrorist prisoners have access to kettles and the ability to use kitchens – Will the government consider changes to primary legislation to enable these privileges to be removed from that category of prisoners?” A strong proposal – primary legislation isn’t really needed here…

Kitchens have been suspended by Labour but the government has refused to go any further. Writing to prison governors does the trick…

Justice minister Nick Dakin said a “review of equipment is taking place and indeed the point my honorable friend makes about the intelligence that he’s had from prison officers from HMP Frankland illustrates some of the complexity around that issue which is why we need to take take our time to get this right whilst moving at pace.” Doublespeak…