Category Archives: Prison

Bristol: Banner Dropped in Solidarity with Prison Strike

Posted on 2016/11/04 by egonihil

From: Bristol Anarchist Black Cross So the week of action in solidarity with US struggles against prison slavery has just ended, and on a morning walk around Troopers Hill Park one of our collective spotted this banner, which had been … Continue reading →

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Lewes Prison: Prisoners smash cells and offices during riot

Posted on 2016/10/30 by egonihil

A National Response Unit (Specialist Prison Riot Pigs) was called in to supress a riot at an east Sussex jail after prisoners “went on the rampage” for six hours. Cells and offices were damaged in the disturbance at Saturday at … Continue reading →

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Mountjoy Prison: Five screws hospitalised after attacks by gangs

Posted on 2016/10/15 by egonihil

Five screws have been hospitalised following two separate attacks by gangs of inmates at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, that left them with broken bones and teeth, as well as tendon and ligament damage.Both incidents occurred in St Patrick’s Institution, which is … Continue reading →

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Ireland, HMP Maghaberry: Screws forced to flee after prisoners set fires and doors open

Posted on 2016/10/10 by egonihil

Screws were reportedly forced to flee after 100 prisoners’ cell doors spring open during a weekend of turmoil in a maximum security jail. They were said to have been stretched to their limits as inmates started small fires. It is … Continue reading →

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Dublin: Oberstown in ‘lock-down’ again overnight after further riot by youth

Posted on 2016/09/21 by egonihil

A group of youths understood to include those who were part of the riot that led to the fire and destruction of one part of the Irish prison in August were involved in a ‘barricade’ situation. The riot started yesterday … Continue reading →

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YOI Brinsford: Head screw beaten by youth prisoner put on isolation unit

Posted on 2016/09/21 by egonihil

A head screw has been attacked by an inmate after being isolated in a segregation unit. The woman, who has not been named, was speaking to a prisoner at Brinsford Young Offenders Institution near Wolverthampton, when she was attacked and … Continue reading →

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HMP Lincoln: Screw taken hostage and beaten as ‘riot spirals out of control’

Posted on 2016/09/21 by egonihil

As the heat starts to rise in prisons on the prison island, a prison guard was reportedly taken hostage and beaten by inmates after a riot broke out at a jail in Lincolnshire last Wednesday. (14th Sept) Riot cops were … Continue reading →

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Dublin: Imprisoned youth run riot for hours, take control of prison and set it ablaze

Posted on 2016/09/02 by egonihil

On Monday night (29 August) during a riot a number of prisoners at the infamous Oberstown youth prison made their way to the roof after taking keys from a screw and set a fire on top of it. The blaze … Continue reading →

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Outbreaks of rebellion in the prison archipelago

Posted on 2016/08/31 by egonihil

Welford Road prison, Leicester: Imprisoned immigrant stages rooftop protest An inmate of Welford Road prison in Leicester staged a roof top protest at the Victorian jail today. It is believed he climbed out at around 10am. He shouted to people … Continue reading →

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HMP Parc: Prisoner starts three fires inside prison

Posted on 2016/08/22 by egonihil

An inmate and a screw were taken to hospital after three separate fires were started at a Bridgend prison in Wales. Firefighters were called to security scumbag G4S run HMP Parc at about 21:05 last Thursday after the youth prisoner … Continue reading →

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