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| HMP Long Lartin prison officer has emergency surgery after attack | HMP Long Lartin prison officer has emergency surgery after attack |
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| A 25-year-old prison officer was attacked, police confirmed | A 25-year-old prison officer was attacked, police confirmed |
| A prison officer has undergone emergency surgery, the BBC has been told, after being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at a high security prison. | A prison officer has undergone emergency surgery, the BBC has been told, after being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at a high security prison. |
| Emergency teams were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton, near Evesham, Worcestershire, on Friday just before 08:40 BST. | Emergency teams were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton, near Evesham, Worcestershire, on Friday just before 08:40 BST. |
| A member of staff was hurt in the attack and taken to hospital where he was in a stable condition, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson confirmed. | A member of staff was hurt in the attack and taken to hospital where he was in a stable condition, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson confirmed. |
| West Mercia Police said they were investigating the stabbing by an inmate, who remained in the jail, and a weapon had been recovered. | West Mercia Police said they were investigating the stabbing by an inmate, who remained in the jail, and a weapon had been recovered. |
| A source told the BBC it was "not a prison-made weapon" and that it had "somehow been brought in". | A source told the BBC it was "not a prison-made weapon" and that it had "somehow been brought in". |
| The Category A men's prison houses more than 600 inmates, including men convicted of terrorism offences and more than two-thirds are serving life sentences while the rest have jail terms of 10 years or more. | |
| Earlier this year, the chief inspector of prisons warned about contraband illegally getting to inmates at the prison including gangs using drones to smuggle in weapons, drugs and phones. | |
| "Physical security and counter measures were not robust enough," Charlie Taylor wrote in his report. | |
| The prison officer was stabbed on Friday by an inmate at HMP Long Lartin, officials said | The prison officer was stabbed on Friday by an inmate at HMP Long Lartin, officials said |
| "Crews found a man who they treated for serious injuries before he was airlifted to hospital for further treatment," a spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said about Friday's attack. | |
| The 25-year-old officer who was taken to hospital suffered a stab wound in the assault, the police force's spokesperson added. | |
| "The inmate remains within the prison and the investigation is ongoing," they added. | "The inmate remains within the prison and the investigation is ongoing," they added. |
| A Prison Service spokesperson said: "We will not tolerate assaults on hardworking staff and will always push for the strongest punishments against perpetrators." | |
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