The probationary officer needed 17 stitches and hospital treatment after the attack by an inmate.
The number of assaults on prison staff hit a record high, up 29% from the previous year to a total of 10,085.
Meanwhile, Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon claimed that the government's cuts to staff and budgets were"directly to blame for violence spiralling out of control in our prisons".A report by the prisons watchdog last year was scathing of HMP Nottingham, saying it had a"persistent and fundamental lack of safety".
The report also found levels of violence at the prison were"very high" and counted 103 recorded assaults on staff over the previous six months. "This level of disorder contributed to a tense atmosphere at the prison," the report added, noting that even serious violent incidents were not being investigated.
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