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The police staff of prisons are allowed to carry only blackjack and handcuffs during their service hours inside the regime.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?These items are the same for every police worker.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?Yes and besides them they also wear a bulletproof vest and hold a gun.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?No, only when escorting prisoners outside the prison.
Special Remarks or CommentsThe staff does not carry any defensive weaponry on the work floor. However, batons and handcuffs are available at the office of the person in charge. These are only used during interventions or cell extractions.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?No, we have brought the equipment up to the same level in each prison during the past two years. The usage procedures are identical as well and apply to all members of the intervention team.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?During staff escorts, the detainee remains handcuffed at all times and the staff always has a baton at its disposal.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?No, at the moment, the staff is not equipped with stab/blunt trauma proof clothing during the execution of their tasks, though bulletproof vests are available for the chauffeurs of detainee transport. Our service, DOGV (service Support for Buildings and Security), is currently investigating which possibilities are available on the market and could be workable within our environment.
Special Remarks or CommentsDuring their day-to-day duties in prisons and penitentiaries security staff (judicial police officers) who work on wards with prisoners are equipped with batons, handcuffs and incapacitant spray with the OC.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?In semi-open penitentiaries where conditions of enforcement of the prison sentence are less strict and where prisoners as a rule use outside benefits (home leaves), security staff wear batons, handcuffs and incapacitant spray only in situations when it is estimated there are justified security reasons to do so.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?During performing tasks of escorting prisoners security officers are always equipped with batons, handcuffs, incapacitant spray and with short firearms.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?During their day-to-day duties in prisons and penitentiaries security staff do not wear hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing, or other protective clothing
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When a prison officer in Denmark carry out his day to day duties he is only wearing his standard prison officer uniform with a radio/alarm system. This is the SOP for both minimum - and maximum security prisons. But if there is any change in the "normal" regime and a tense situation are in it's beginning, he can collect handcuffs, a baton and a pepper spray.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?No the equipment doesn't vary according to the type of prison or the role the staff member perform.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?No - when staff carry out escorting outside the prison, we use differet kind of equipment depending on the actuel prisoner and the actuel situation. In special situations - for instance high risk court appearences - they can wear stab-resistant wests.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?No - only when we carry out escorts outside the prison. The clothing is not hidden but worn outside the uniform
Special Remarks or Comments- OC-spray is the most popular weapon in prison - Expandable (tactical) baton - Electronic Control Weapon is only a few device per prison and only part of staff have license to carry it - Pistol (fire arm). Only part of staff have "firearm license". Staff don´t carry pistol inside prison. For example demanding transfer of prisoners.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?- Open prison: there isn´t any pistols (fire arms) and there is less other equipnemt than in closed prison - Closed prison: only the number of equipment varies - Prisoner superviced: same equipment. What, when and how to carry or have to carry varies - the role of the staff member performs: of course, for example escorting staff and control room staff etc.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?- Yes they do, they have to make escorting plan, which includes also what kind of equipment to carry in that case
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?- protective (bulletproof) vest. For example demanding transfer of prisoner(s) - protective gloves. Staff have in their pocket protective gloves all the time, so they can use them, when they need
Special Remarks or CommentsDuring their day to day service within prison wings, the Penitentiary Police staff do not carry any defensive tool. They wear standard uniforms, in terms of article 32 of the Decree of the President of the Republic no. 82 of 1999 (Regulations on the duties of the Penitentiary Police Corps).
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?Staff clothing and equipment are the same in all the penal establishments of our country.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?During the activities carried out in Justice halls and in any case during prisoners' transfers and escorts, the staff involved wears the normal uniform and carries, as a rule, the following equipment, besides the individual weapon (Beretta 92 FS, caliber 9 parabellum): - bullet proof vest; - reflector jacket; - individual handcuffs; - multiple modular handcuffs.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?Currently, there are no slash-resistant nor stab resistant clothing worn by our prison staff during their day to day activities.
Special Remarks or CommentsDuring their day-to-day duties prison staff for self-defence purpose carries baton (with or without a handle), tear gas/pepper spray and handcuffs.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?In all prisons they are the same defensive weapons. There are no variations according to the type of prisoner or prison.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?Yes, when escorting prisoners outside prison for a transfer or while receiving health care services outside prison territory, officers are supplied with defensive weapons, i.e. baton (with or without a handle), tear gas/pepper spray and handcuffs.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?Prison staff do not wear any hidden (worn underneath standard uniform), but to protect from stabs and sharp objects, special protective gloves are being worn. In emergency situations prison staff uses individual defensive means (counterblow or ballistic shields, counterblow or ballistic protective helmets, body protection clips and bulletproof/armoured vests).
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Prison staff in Norway do not carry any defensive weapons during their day-to-day duties within the prisons (se also question three).
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?N/A
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?As a pilot project the Norwegian Correctional Service is to a limited extent taking over the responsibility for escorting pre-trial inmates to court. Prior to this pilot project, this has been handled by the police. Members of this transport service carry handcuffs, batons, protection vests and pepper spray. In cases where inmates are granted leave with escort, it is the responsibility of the Governor of the prison to asses whether handcuffs/escorting chains are to be used. If the Governor assesses that the police of security reasons should escort the prisoner, a formal request is made to the police.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?Prison staff in Norway do not wear slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing during their day-to-day duties within the prisons.
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Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?No
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?For escorts deemed to be "High Risk", prison staff will carry ASP extendable batons, and Ballistic vests. Staff on ordinary category escorts will not normally be issued with additional equipment.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?No
Special Remarks or CommentsThe Irish Prison Service do not currently issue staff with "additional equipment" for day to day operational duties. Recently there has been some discussions about this, and I would be interested in learning the information supplied by the other agencies for comparison purposes.
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Pepper spray and handcuffs are carried by our prison staff during day-to-day duties for purposes of self-defence.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?No, this equipment does not vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?Prison officers who are escorting prisoners outside prison must be equipped with baton, handcuffs, pepper spray, gun and radio communication. In special security situations (organized crime members, etc.) prison officers are equipped with shotguns.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?No
Special Remarks or CommentsIn our Penitentiary System the staff does not carry any weapon during the performance of their day-to day duties. Nevertheless, the surveillance civil servants have at their disposal, kept at a guarded place in the Chief of Services central office, different defensive tools, such as shields, handcuffs, rubber batons and adequate action sprays (the last, even if included by the General Penitentiary Law, are not currently used due to their possible side effects for the eyes). For the use of these tools a previous authorisation of the Chief of Services is mandatory.
Does this equipment vary according to the type of prison or prisoner supervised, or the role the staff member performs?These tools, described by the General Penitentiary Law, are the same for every prison facility, prisoner, or role performed.
Do staff carry this equipment when escorting prisoners outside prison?The staff in charge of escorting prisoners outside our facilities belongs to the Police Forces and does not depend on this Administration.
Do staff wear any hidden slash-resistant or stab-resistant clothing (worn underneath standard uniform) or other protective clothing during their day-to-day duties ?No
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