By John Siddle Guards are set to be armed with tasers as violence hits record levels in our “lawless” prisons. The 50,000-volt stun guns could be deployed after trials by jail riot squads. Officers are now attacked more than 160 times every week in England’s overcrowded and understaffed prisons – around once every hour. Jail assaults are up almost 80% since 2013, with 8,500 in the year to Sep-tember – including 765 so serious staff needed hospital treatment. Assaults on staff are up 168% since 2013. And specialist riot unit the National Tactical Response Group, dubbed the prisons’ SAS, was dep…
