Seven News helicopter films prisoners with faces covered and carrying weapons, in unrest apparently connected to prison smoking ban All staff were evacuated from the maximum security prison in Ravenhall, Victoria, on Tuesday after several hundred prisoners rioted. The unrest began at 12.20pm at the Metropolitan remand centre, in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne, Corrections Victoria said, when prisoners breached an inner perimeter fence.
Prisoners riot at Melbourne's Ravenhall remand centre over smoking ban
The Guardian - 30 Jun 2015 05:57
Seven News helicopter films prisoners with faces covered and carrying weapons, in unrest apparently connected to prison smoking ban All staff were evacuated from the maximum security prison in Ravenhall, Victoria, on Tuesday after several hundred prisoners rioted. The unrest began at 12.20pm at the Metropolitan remand centre, in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne, Corrections Victoria said, when prisoners breached an inner perimeter fence.
Share this Article
Recommended