With prison population levels on the rise, the rate of assaults by prisoners on staff has also shot up.

And over the last half decade, pay-outs to staff across the county’s three jails have totalled £1,108,460.

The most common claims made by prison staff were for injuries sustained during assaults by prisoners, with 637 submissions.

However, pay-outs were also made for injuries caused by restraining inmates, and accidental falls.

A Norfolk prison officer was stabbed with a pair of scissors, while another was attacked with an electrical cable.

One violent inmate also

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