Warning of jail attacks

MORE assaults, more breaches of discipline and extra pressure on prison officers would result from yesterday's court ruling to return racing sections to prison newspapers, the Correctional Services Officers' Association warned.

It said gambling could never be eradicated from the prison system, in which inmatescommonly used handmade playing cards and books from the prison libraries to play high stakes games of chance based on odd and even page numbers.

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