Concealable Ballistic Vest for Prison Officers

Have we ever thought of the prison officers who also need concealable ballistic vest?

It is rather interesting that police officers who deal with a criminal individual for only a very few minutes during the arrest procedure is by law required to wear protective equipment… but the professional charged with supervising the same individual potentially for a number of years is not been issued with any type of protective clothing at all?

It is just beyond belief that 81% of prisons in the UK have PlayStations listed as one of the facilities available for prisoners; however prison officers dealing with these potentially hostile individuals on a daily basis potentially for many years to come, have got no access to stab vests or cut resistant clothing using Cut-Tex®PRO cut resistant fabric.  Do we really expect criminals to ‘calm down’ following their arrest?  Do we expect them to learn what respect and manners are all about within days or week of their imprisonment?

It is simply common sense that prison officers should be protected from kicks, blows and punches as well as needles and razor blades.  Prisoners do kick, they punch, they have access to hypodermic needles and can make improvised edged weapons very quickly. It is not very difficult at all… again… regardless of how thorough and good the prison officers might be.

If prison officers are not permitted to purchase stab vests or body protection or if certain governments are not taking all necessary actions to ensure the personal safety of their prison officers, we will be looking at more and more injuries, and one day one of these officers will not come home.  Why not?  Because for one silly reason or another we have not done our job properly and not protected those who serve and protect in the way they certainly deserve.

Not only is the concealable ballistic vest should be worn. There is also what we call stab resistant body armor for our prison officers’ protection.