UK prison ablaze as prisoners riot

Specialist officers had to be called in today after about 40 prisoners began a riot and set alight an open prison in Britain, according to the Ministry of Justice.

UK prison ablaze as prisoners riot

Specialist officers had to be called in today after about 40 prisoners began a riot and set alight an open prison in Britain, according to the Ministry of Justice.

At about midnight, the prisoners at HMP Ford near Arundel, West Sussex in England, began smashing windows, activating fire alarms before setting the building alight.

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