Review into Brixton abuse claims follows suicides of Irish prisoners

CLAIMS that the suicides of seven Irish prisoners in Britain are linked to a revenge campaign by former Northern Ireland soldiers-turned-warders are under investigation.

The deaths, all in Brixton prison, have led to the Prisons Services setting up an internal review into abuse claims at the British jail.

Conducted by the governor of neighbouring Wandsworth prison, Jim Heavens, the review will examine the background of all the prisoners who have died, harmed themselves, or complained to the race relations officer at Brixton since 1998.