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.

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 ...

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 ...

It may come as little surprise that the latest prison disturbance erupted at HMP Birmingham. It's in the top 20 of the UK's most overcrowded jails and its 1,469 inmates form the fourth biggest ...

The Government has been forced to step in and take control of privately-run prison HMP Birmingham - one of the country’s biggest jails - which is beset by violence and where the inmates have ...