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Long Lartin prison: Prison staff 'attacked with pool balls' after 'disturbance' breaks out | Long Lartin prison: Prison staff 'attacked with pool balls' after 'disturbance' breaks out |
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Prison staff have reportedly been "attacked with pool balls" during a "disturbance" at a high-security prison in Worcestershire. | Prison staff have reportedly been "attacked with pool balls" during a "disturbance" at a high-security prison in Worcestershire. |
Staff at HMP Long Lartin have reportedly retreated from one of the wings of the prison after up to 80 people became violent, the BBC reported. | |
Specialised "tornado teams" of riot-trained prison officers had been sent in to quell the uprising. | Specialised "tornado teams" of riot-trained prison officers had been sent in to quell the uprising. |
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice told The Independent: "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". | "We are absolutely clear that offenders who behave in this way will be punished and face spending extra time behind bars". |
The Category A men's prison currently has a capacity of 622 inmates, which includes people being held on remand. | The Category A men's prison currently has a capacity of 622 inmates, which includes people being held on remand. |
Category A means the prison hosts the most dangerous types of criminal such as those convicted of murder, rape or terrorism offences. | Category A means the prison hosts the most dangerous types of criminal such as those convicted of murder, rape or terrorism offences. |
The prison is famous for being the home to Abu Qatada, a notorious Islamist preacher, who detained there during part of his lengthy legal battle with the Home Office over his extradition to Jordan to face terrorism charges. | |
The disturbance is just the latest incident in a series hitting prisons around the UK. | |
In July, a prison riot at HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire saw inmates take over two wings of the complex. | |
The Category C facility, which houses the least dangerous class of prisoners, had reportedly been running on a "restricted regime" due to a chronic staff shortage and prisoners were reportedly confined to their cells for up to 24 hours a day. | |
Severe budget cuts have left prisons facing a serious shortage of trained prison officers. | |