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| Swaleside Prison: Inmates 'take over' jail wing | Swaleside Prison: Inmates 'take over' jail wing |
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| Prisoners have taken control of a wing at prison in Kent with up to 60 inmates involved, the Prison Officers Association (POA) has said. | Prisoners have taken control of a wing at prison in Kent with up to 60 inmates involved, the Prison Officers Association (POA) has said. |
| The association said there was an "ongoing disturbance" at the category B training prison HMP Swaleside. | The association said there was an "ongoing disturbance" at the category B training prison HMP Swaleside. |
| POA chairman Mike Rolfe said the extent of the disturbance was unclear but fires have been lit. | POA chairman Mike Rolfe said the extent of the disturbance was unclear but fires have been lit. |
| He said: "We are not sure how bad it is yet but we understand 60 prisoners have taken control of 'A' wing there." | |
| He added: "Some fires have been lit, apparently, and basically we know that it's an ongoing incident." | |
| Live: Kent prison disturbance latest updates | |
| HMP Swaleside has a capacity of around 1,100 inmates serving prison terms of more than four years. | |
| An HM Inspectorate of Prisons report in July described the prison as "dangerous" and found levels of violence were "far too high", with many of the incidents classed as serious. | |
| Last week hundreds of inmates rioted for more than 12 hours at Birmingham prison. | |
| Prisoners set fires, stole keys to residential areas from a guard and one inmate was seriously injured. |