The reports that were initially put out to the press were saying that the prisoner had been attacked.
“Prison staff do not attack prisoners. We feel that the Ministry of Justice missed an opportunity to correct false reporting of events at Belmarsh.”
‘Last resort’
He said that, although restraint techniques were designed to minimise injuries to staff and prisoners, “sometimes there are unforeseen consequences in any violent incident”.
Earlier, he had said: “We are absolutely confident, having spoken to our members, that they will have been found to have done absolutely nothing wrong at all.
Two wrongs do not make a right- However it is only him claiming it so I remain to be convinced he was assaulted