Investigations Into New Years Day Prison Riot
Two investigations are set to follow a New Year’s Day prison riot in Britain after inmates doth protested as a clampdown on “illegal drinking” led to $4.5 million in damages and a reconsideration of prison conditions in the U.K. The riot also comes after a little-covered prison strike across ten different prisons last month over correctional conditions in Georgia. —JCL The Guardian: Two separate investigations will be held into the New Year’s Day riot at Ford open prison where balaclava-clad inmates torched buildings in protest at a clampdown on illegal drinking. The prisons minister, Crispin Blunt, confirmed today there would be an internal Prison Service inquiry and a police inquiry into the violence, which is estimated to have caused about £3m damage. Twenty-three inmates have been dispersed to secure prisons across the country after accommodation blocks, a gymnasium, a mail room and recreation room with 10 newly installed pool tables were destroyed in the blaze. Read more
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Investigations Into New Years Day Prison Riot
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