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| Long Lartin: Prison staff 'attacked with pool balls' | Long Lartin: Prison staff 'attacked with pool balls' |
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| Up to 80 prisoners have attacked staff with pool balls at a high-security prison, the BBC understands. | Up to 80 prisoners have attacked staff with pool balls at a high-security prison, the BBC understands. |
| A source said staff at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire had retreated from E wing after inmates became violent. | A source said staff at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire had retreated from E wing after inmates became violent. |
| BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said he understood about 10 "tornado teams" of riot officers had been sent to the prison. | BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said he understood about 10 "tornado teams" of riot officers had been sent to the prison. |
| The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said: "We are currently managing an ongoing incident at HMP Long Lartin." | The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said: "We are currently managing an ongoing incident at HMP Long Lartin." |
| "We are absolutely clear that offenders who behave in this way will be punished and face spending extra time behind bars," the statement added. | "We are absolutely clear that offenders who behave in this way will be punished and face spending extra time behind bars," the statement added. |
| Our correspondent said there had previously been serious violence in local and training prisons, but to have a disturbance like this at a high-security jail would cause alarm at the MoJ. | Our correspondent said there had previously been serious violence in local and training prisons, but to have a disturbance like this at a high-security jail would cause alarm at the MoJ. |
| He said Staff on E wing had retreated and it had been secured, so the troublemakers could not go elsewhere. | He said Staff on E wing had retreated and it had been secured, so the troublemakers could not go elsewhere. |
| There is also believed to be a separate protest elsewhere in the jail, our correspondent said. | There is also believed to be a separate protest elsewhere in the jail, our correspondent said. |
| Analysis | |
| Daniel Sandford, home affairs correspondent | |
| Any disturbance at a prison is worrying, but at Long Lartin it's particularly worrying. | Any disturbance at a prison is worrying, but at Long Lartin it's particularly worrying. |
| It's one of the highest-security prisons in England and Wales; two-thirds of the inmates are serving life sentences. | It's one of the highest-security prisons in England and Wales; two-thirds of the inmates are serving life sentences. |
| Normally the higher staffing ratios and older age of the prisoners means you get less trouble. | Normally the higher staffing ratios and older age of the prisoners means you get less trouble. |
| But like all prisons, Long Lartin has suffered cuts and has lost a fifth of its staff. | But like all prisons, Long Lartin has suffered cuts and has lost a fifth of its staff. |
| They are recruiting, but tonight it's a prison on the edge. | They are recruiting, but tonight it's a prison on the edge. |
| HMP Long Lartin is a maximum security jail which also holds up to 622 male inmates. | |
| The category A prison has housed a number of high-profile inmates, including radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and murderer Christopher Halliwell. | |
| Four prisoners have been killed at the jail in the last four years. | |
| Child murderer Subhan Anwar was strangled in 2013, while killer John York was beaten to death in his cell in 2015. | |
| In June 2016, Sidonio Eugenio Teixeira was killed using a rock wrapped in a pair of socks. | |
| Two inmates who murdered a fellow prisoner were jailed for life last month. | |
| An inspection report published in 2014 described a "calm, well controlled prison". | |
| "But, while violence and bullying were few, there continued to be some very serious incidents," it added. | |
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