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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.  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. 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 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. 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. In July, a prison riot at HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire saw inmates take over two wings of the complex.
The Category C, the least dangerous class of prisoners, facility had reportedly been running on a "restricted regime" due to low a chronic staff shortage and prisoners were reportedly confined to their cells for up to 24 hours a day. 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.
Due to severe budget cuts prisons are facing a serious shortage of trained prison officers and are being forced to cram more inmates into smaller spaces. Severe budget cuts have left prisons facing a serious shortage of trained prison officers.
Data published by the Ministry of Justice earlier this year fould there was 17.1 per cent increase in the number of people starting new jobs  as frontline staff in UK prisons between 2015/16 and 2016/17.
The research also found that, excluding voluntary redundancy schemes, the number of prison officers leaving the service was higher than it had every been before.