Inmates assaulted staff 91 times last year.
The number of assaults on prison officers increased by 30 per cent last year.
Inmates assaulted staff 91 times - compared to 70 in 2020.
There were also 249 prisoner-on-prisoner attacks.
Deputy General Secretary of the Prison Officers' Association, Jim Mitchell, outlines a serious assault on two officers in Mountjoy jail on Tuesday:
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