Authorities regain control of Birmingham prison
Prisoners have been smashing up parts of HMP Birmingham after overpowering guards, according to sources.
Control regained at Birmingham prison after more than 12 hours of lock down
Authorities have regained control of Birmingham prison after a major disturbance involving hundreds of inmates.
Specialist riot squads were deployed to HMP Birmingham to tackle the disorder which lasted more than 12 hours on Friday.
Trouble spread across four wings of the privately-run facility, with reports of prisoners setting fire to stairwells, breaking a security chain and destroying paper records.
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