Hostage situations among 350 incidents handled by elite prison squad in a year

An elite prison squad was alerted to hundreds of disturbances including hostage-taking during the pandemic (Picture: Getty/file images)An elite team of prison officers responded to more than 350 disturbances at jails in England during the pandemic, new figures show.The specially-trained staff were alerted to cases of hostage-taking, barricades, protests and inmates refusing to leave their cells.Searches, ‘concerted indiscipline’ and a suspect package also resulted in calls to the Ope