Episode 48 - Who Lives In A Cell Like This?
From Tales From The Jails by JEKYLL & PRIDE PRODUCTIONS
August 24, 2025 · 27 min · Season 1 · Episode 48
About this episode
The episode discusses the riot at HMP Birmingham on December 16, 2016, detailing the chaos and conditions within the prison.
It's the 16th of December, 2016. It's Friday. Today HMP Birmingham has turned into a riot, resulting in a complete meltdown. The official statement as of 5:00 PM is control has been lost. The G4S private prison has between four and 600 prisoners rioting, and the place is on fire. The news is showing meat wagons waiting to ship out prisoners once the officers take back control. Walton is full. In fact, most prisons are full to capacity. Prison officers and their unions have been predicting thi...
Topics covered
- prison riots
- HMP Birmingham
- G4S
- prison conditions
- true crime
- society
- culture
Keywords
- HMP Birmingham
- G4S
- prison riot
- December 2016
- prison conditions
- true crime
- society
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: G4S
Places: HMP Birmingham, Walton
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