For our corrections officers, between 2016 and 2019, the total number of days lost as a result of assaults on prison staff went from 770 to over 1,500 hours lost. They note that the number of assaults on prison officers increased, from 2013, from just over 300 to over 650 in that time period until 2019—with the same ratio for serious offences. And, as a union, the Corrections Association noticed that there are far more pack attacks on staff and the use of weapons, especially stabbing weapons, focusing on the face, head, and neck area.