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G4S: Incident at Oakwood Prison 'resolved'

An incident lasting more than five hours at the country's largest prison has been resolved, security firm G4S has said. The company, which operates Oakwood, refused to comment on what had happened.

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G4S: Incident at Oakwood Prison has been 'resolved'

An "incident" at Oakwood Prison near Wolverhampton has been "resolved successfully" according to a spokesman for G4S, the company that operates the facility.

This incident was resolved successfully at 2.10am.

Police and internal investigations will now take place. It would be inappropriate to comment further until these have been completed.

– g4s spokesman

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