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Anamarija Brnjarchevska

Jail Riot: Inmates Attacked Prison Guards And Set Offices On Fire Over Smoking Ban

Prison Smoking Richard Taylor Steve ChatterleyZenger
Raging lags started a riot by attacking prison guards with pool cues and setting fire to offices and flooding cells because they were banned from SMOKING, a court heard. (Steve Chatterley/Zenger)

Raging lags started a riot by attacking prison guards with pool cues and setting fire to offices and flooding cells because they were banned from smoking, a court heard.

Inmates at HMP Long Lartin went on the rampage for eight hours in October 2017 which cost the taxpayer almost 122,000 US dollars.

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