The disturbance at G4S-owned HMP Birmingham saw up to 600 inmates run riot across four wings after keys were reportedly taken from a member of staff at the jail. Managers were forced to deploy ...

About 400 trashed cells and landings, started fires and raided pharmacies in the rampage at privately-run HMP Birmingham ... s hot water supply and a TV aerial stopped working.

Specialist police teams take back all four wings at HMP Birmingham Injured prisoner earlier 'retrieved' from jail and is conscious Inmates contact BBC blaming 'poor conditions' for violence ...

The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) confirmed that the lone prisoner, who is known to be disruptive, was on the roof of HMP Birmingham in Winson Green at around 4pm today (SUNDAY).

The Ministry of Justice is stepping in to take over the running of HMP Birmingham after officials decided private contractor G4S could not cope with the out-of-control prison. It comes after a ...

HMP Birmingham, the first in the UK to be privatised, faces "significant strategic challenges", a report has found. Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick said HMP Birmingham was "a cleaner ...

The Ministry of Justice has seized control of HMP Birmingham ahead of a damning inspection report that reveals high levels of violence in the jail, as well as squalid living conditions and the ...

HMP Birmingham was back in control of G4S this morning after a riot saw prisoners take control of one wing of the jail. Disturbances began when an unknown number of inmates refused to return to ...