No Bar Behind Bars

And so to the hospitalisation of at least four staff of HMP Bedford.

As a civilian, giving up the right to strike, such as by becoming a Prison Officer in recent years, or such as by becoming a Police Officer since rather longer ago, is part of a wider deal.

The State undertakes to protect you in other ways.

But in the case of the Prison Service, the State is obviously failing to keep its side of the bargain.

Until it does, then there is at least no moral reason why the Prison Officers should keep their side, either.