A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Specially trained prison staff successfully resolved an incident at HMP Birmingham on 3 September. There were no injuries to staff or prisoners. No prison staff were injured. A spokesman for G4S said earlier: “Our teams are responding to an incident on one wing at HM Prison Birmingham. It is confined to one wing and prison staff are working to resolve it quickly and safely.”Unconfirmed reports suggested that prisoners were chanting “we want burn” – slang for tobacco.

Source: The Guardian September 03, 2017 21:30 UTC