Should The Ian Huntley Prison Guards Be Disciplined?

Question

It seems they may have been negligent as Huntley is supposed to be on suicide watch. The guards have a duty of care under the terms of their employment contract. In this light should there be an internal enquiry by the Prison Service and those found to be remiss in their duties disciplined?

Answer 1

i can't see anybody caring as he is a child killer, i for one don't.

Answer 2

He has the right to expect reasonable protection - from other prisoners. But unless he's kept in solitary confinement, how can the prison authorities guarantee that at ALL times, 24/7, no-one will EVER have a go at him ? Which begs the question of whether he has the right to sue for compensation - at taxpayers' expense - seeking a cash award ? I would have thought that if 'reasonable' protection duties required/expected of prison wardens were known or claimed to be lax or lacking - this was a disciplinary matter, subject to enquiry by the Prison Inspectors - not an opportunity for someone like Huntley to seek cash 'damages'. He will be far from alone in being a target for attack by other violent inmates and if he were to win the case would it not trigger a whole rash of similar claims ? Even from those asserting their lives were made 'a misery' by threats - even if not actually harmed ? Carried to extreme - prisoners would all have be kept separate - and then presumably 'entitled' to sue for their 'human rights' being violated. Our justice system gets sillier by the week - at our cost and the benefit only of lawyers.

Answer 3

they knew what he was up to and had him under watch all the time "oh i've taken an overdose, i feel faint" i dont think the MO would give him a full batch of prescribed pills and let him take them without supervision. it was probably a placebo. its a way for him to get sympathy. kudos to the guards, they keep that monster alive. hes got the rest of his natural life to think about what he did. duty of care? what is the prison service a bank now with its own customer charter? i could never be a guard on a nonces wing, because the temptation to give out beatings would be greater than the temptation nonces had to be put in prison in the first place. i seriously wanna kick a pedo to death. but death is too easy for them. i know huntley isnt a pedo as such but hes still a sick and demented sub human. he should be given a cold bath daily and have his head held under water for a minute just to see what it feels like to be a defenceless child. but as i said i could never be a guard on the nonces wing.

Answer 4

Yes he is on sucide watch but not 24 hour watch .....

Prision officers have a duty of care and they do the best they can in every minute of their working day..

They can only do so much and huntley is determined .You can not stop someonewho is determined ..

The officers were not at fault and there will be no enquiry he will be on 24 hour obs ....

Answer 5

No they shouldn't, look how crafty Huntley is! didn't he fool lots pretending he was concerned and looking for the girls, he fooled the police and the public so for him it would be easy to fool the Guards.

Answer 6

Ahh who cares???
If I could get some little pills to help Huntley on his way, I would!!
Stuff the duty of care...lets not forget that he killed two little girls...who's helping them???

Answer 7

if someone can murder two young girls then they are devious enough to fool guards and attempt suicide. He tried to deceive the public into saying he was helping with the search didn't he?

Answer 8

let Huntley Kill himself, and save some tax payers money,

Answer 9

Think how much the tax payer would save had he got his wish.

Answer 10

Who says they were remiss in their duty?

Answer 11

human nature tells me no. my own sense of what is right and wrong tells me it should at least be investigated. i really have no care for that man at all x