Lewes prison: Screw dog handler knocked out during ‘mini riot’

A female screw was knocked out by prisoners at Lewes prison near Brighton, in attack that has been described as a ‘mini riot.’ The screw who is a dog handler tried to intervene when a package that was thrown over the fence to prisoners got caught in the wire. After being punched out cold, the screw got a propper kicking in an attack that has been the third such attack in six weeks. In the first attack the screw was given significant facial injuries and ribs were cracked. No animals were hurt in the riot, only screws.