Gulag Anglopeligo 3
Alice prisoners riot - by mick lambe
- "The Territory's jail rate is 580 per 100,000 people compared to the national average of 154 per 100,000."
- You could release most of the NT prisoners safely
Many years ago I was cruising past Fremantle prison to work on my Harley. Gave it a few blaps for the crew inside and wondered how the hell they were coping in the heat with a piss-bucket for company.
That night I saw on the news that Freo prison had been torched by inmates :-)
Jail lockdown as riot rages
A TERRITORY jail was locked down yesterday as maximum security prisoners rioted.
Inmates in the reception area of Alice Springs jail's maximum security section barricaded doors and set fire to mattresses about 10am.
Guards responded by locking the jail down and rushing to the area, clearing the prisoners and putting out the fires within an hour.
Eight prisoners involved in the riot were taken to isolation cells.
Alice Springs Correctional Centre superintendent Peter Rainbird would not say why prisoners had staged the riot.
But he said guards would consult prisoners about concerns in the jail.
Supt Rainbird would not say which prisoners were involved in the riot but confirmed it would be investigated and jail procedures would be reviewed.
"Once we finish the investigation we will be able to deal with the issues,'' he said.
NT Police also will investigate the riot and may lay charges of criminal damage against the prisoners.
Firefighters were called out but the fires had beenextinguished when they arrived.
The jail's maximum security unit remained in lockdown last night.
"There was only superficial damage caused,'' Supt Rainbird said.
"Public safety was not compromised at the time.'' He described the incident as "moderately serious''.
http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17263744%255E13569,00.html
NT Prisons - Close to boiling point -
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/98386.php
Top End imprisonment rate highest in Aust - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4124
Teen's jail rape ordeal - NT News - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4713
Jail numbers out of control - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4849
More NT activists face prison - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4817
NT Prison stats - http://www.country-liberal-party.com/pages/NT-Labor-worse-than-CLP-Incarceration.htm
Ema Corro's incarceration - http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/97593.php
- "The Territory's jail rate is 580 per 100,000 people compared to the national average of 154 per 100,000."
- You could release most of the NT prisoners safely
Many years ago I was cruising past Fremantle prison to work on my Harley. Gave it a few blaps for the crew inside and wondered how the hell they were coping in the heat with a piss-bucket for company.
That night I saw on the news that Freo prison had been torched by inmates :-)
Jail lockdown as riot rages
A TERRITORY jail was locked down yesterday as maximum security prisoners rioted.
Inmates in the reception area of Alice Springs jail's maximum security section barricaded doors and set fire to mattresses about 10am.
Guards responded by locking the jail down and rushing to the area, clearing the prisoners and putting out the fires within an hour.
Eight prisoners involved in the riot were taken to isolation cells.
Alice Springs Correctional Centre superintendent Peter Rainbird would not say why prisoners had staged the riot.
But he said guards would consult prisoners about concerns in the jail.
Supt Rainbird would not say which prisoners were involved in the riot but confirmed it would be investigated and jail procedures would be reviewed.
"Once we finish the investigation we will be able to deal with the issues,'' he said.
NT Police also will investigate the riot and may lay charges of criminal damage against the prisoners.
Firefighters were called out but the fires had beenextinguished when they arrived.
The jail's maximum security unit remained in lockdown last night.
"There was only superficial damage caused,'' Supt Rainbird said.
"Public safety was not compromised at the time.'' He described the incident as "moderately serious''.
http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17263744%255E13569,00.html
NT Prisons - Close to boiling point -
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/98386.php
Top End imprisonment rate highest in Aust - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4124
Teen's jail rape ordeal - NT News - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4713
Jail numbers out of control - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4849
More NT activists face prison - http://dimc.axxs.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4817
NT Prison stats - http://www.country-liberal-party.com/pages/NT-Labor-worse-than-CLP-Incarceration.htm
Ema Corro's incarceration - http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/97593.php
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