61.   THE DISTRAUGHT family of a young woman prison officer who shot herself dead last week have demanded to know why she was given a gun.

62.   It is understood most prison officers have personal protection weapon certificates, but not all carry guns.

63.   The Northern Ireland Office said ten prison officers and three inmates were injured in the all night clashes.

64.   Club members are serving or retired police officers, customs officers or prison officers.

65.   The package has been devised by Colin McShannon, principal prison officer at Noranside, who hopes it will free social workers to spend more time with prisoners.

66.   The report highlights another issue raised by the prison officers -- the wearing of uniforms.

67.   He added that the prison officers were wrong to think that the possible contracting out of some services within prisons could lead to privatisation of entire jails.

68.   Smith sat sobbing and shaking in the dock with a prison officer between her and her father as the case was heard.

69.   And while it is possible that some prison officers have exaggerated jailhouse tensions, the tensions are real.

70.   Collins sought the counsel of his father, James, a prison officer in Richmond.