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30th July 2022
12:24pm BST

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Banter is described as "the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks", but anyone from the UK will undoubtedly have experience with genuinely harmful statements being packaged as "just banter."
A prison source told the outlet that the workshops would've doubled down on "protected characteristics."
"You certainly can't make any jokes about someone's weight or nationality, and any reference to disability or religion is a complete no-no," they said. "You can hardly even take the mick out of the football team someone supports."
The source continued: "There are all sorts of initiatives and workshops these days to ensure prison officers don't breach equality rules — but a banter workshop is a new one on me.
"I'm guessing it's like comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway? or Mock the Week, but I'm not sure I'd be cut out for it."
According to the Anti-Bullying Alliance, it's not banter if: